Insecticidal protein toxins from Photorhabdus

ABSTRACT

Proteins from the genus Photorhabdus are toxic to insects upon exposure.  Photorhabdus luminescens  (formerly  Xenorhabdus luminescens ) have been found in mammalian clinical samples and as a bacterial symbiont of entomopathogenic nematodes of genus Heterorhabditis. These protein toxins can be applied to, or genetically engineered into, insect larvae food and plants for insect control.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] This patent application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/743,699 filed on Nov. 6, 1996, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/705,484 filed on Aug. 28, 1996, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/608,423 filed Feb. 28, 1996, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/395,947 filed Feb. 28, 1995, which was a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/063,615 filed May 18, 1993. This application is also a continuation-in-part of provisional U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 60/007,255 filed Nov. 6, 1995.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to toxins isolated from bacteria and the use of said toxins as insecticides.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] Many insects are widely regarded as pests to homeowners, to picnickers, to gardeners, and to farmers and others whose investments in agricultural products are often destroyed or diminished as a result of insect damage to field crops. Particularly in areas where the growing season is short, significant insect damage can mean the loss of all profits to growers and a dramatic decrease in crop yield. Scarce supply of particular agricultural products invariably results in higher costs to food processors and, then, to the ultimate consumers of food plants and products derived from those plants.

[0004] Preventing insect damage to crops and flowers and eliminating the nuisance of insect pests have typically relied on strong organic pesticides and insecticides with broad toxicities. These synthetic products have come under attack by the general copulation as being too harsh on the environment and on those exposed to such agents. Similarly in non-agricultural settings, homeowners would be satisfied to have insects avoid their homes or outdoor meals without needing to kill the insects.

[0005] The extensive use of chemical insecticides has raised environmental and health concerns for farmers, companies that produce the insecticides, government agencies, public interest groups, and the public in general. The development of less intrusive pest management strategies has been spurred along both by societal concern for the environment and by the development of biological tools which exploit mechanisms of insect management. Biological control agents present a promising alternative to chemical insecticides.

[0006] Organisms at every evolutionary development level have devised means to enhance their own success and survival. The use of biological molecules as tools of defense and aggression is known throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. In addition, the relatively new tools of the genetic engineer allow modifications to biological insecticides to accomplish particular solutions to particular problems.

[0007] One such agent, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), is an effective insecticidal agent, and is widely commercially used as such. In fact, the insecticidal agent of the Bt bacterium is a protein which has such limited toxicity, it can be used on human food crops on the day of harvest. To non-targeted organisms, the Bt toxin is a digestible non-toxic protein.

[0008] Another known class of biological insect control agents are certain genera of nematodes known to be vectors of transmission for insect-killing bacterial symbionts. Nematodes containing insecticidal bacteria invade insect larvae. The bacteria then kill the larvae. The nematodes reproduce in the larval cadaver. The nematode progeny then eat the cadaver from within. The bacteria-containing nematode progeny thus produced can then invade additional larvae.

[0009] In the past, insecticidal nematodes in the Steinernema and Heterorhabditis genera were used as insect control agents. Apparently, each genus of nematode hosts a particular species of bacterium. In nematodes of the Heterorhabditis genus, the symbiotic bacterium is Photorhabdus luminescens.

[0010] Although these nematodes are effective insect control agents, it is presently difficult, expensive, and inefficient to produce, maintain, and distribute nematodes for insect control.

[0011] It has been known in the art that one may isolate an insecticidal toxin from Photorhabdus luminescens that has activity only when injected into Lepidopteran and Coleopteran insect larvae. This has made it impossible to effectively exploit the insecticidal properties of the nematode or its bacterial symbiont. What would be useful would be a more practical, less labor-intensive wide-area delivery method of an insecticidal toxin which would retain its biological properties after delivery. It would be quite desirous to discover toxins with oral activity produced by the genus Photorhabdus. The isolation and use of these toxins are desirous due to efficacious reasons. Until applicants' discoveries, these toxins had not been isolated or characterized.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0012] The native toxins are protein complexes that are produced and secreted by growing bacteria cells of the genus Photorhabdus, of interest are the proteins produced by the species Photorhabdus luminescens. The protein complexes, with a molecular size of approximately 1,000 kDa, can be separated by SDS-PAGE gel analysis into numerous component proteins. The toxins contain no hemolysin, lipase, type C phospholipase, or nuclease activities. The toxins exhibit significant toxicity upon exposure administration to a number of insects.

[0013] The present invention provides an easily administered insecticidal protein as well as the expression of toxin in a heterologous system.

[0014] The present invention also provides a method for delivering insecticidal toxins that are functional active and effective against many orders of insects.

[0015] Objects, advantages, and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following specification.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016]FIG. 1 is an illustration of a match of cloned DNA isolates used as a part of sequence genes for the toxin of the present invention.

[0017]FIG. 2 is a map of three plasmids used in the sequencing process.

[0018]FIG. 3 is a map illustrating the inter-relationship of several partial DNA fragments.

[0019]FIG. 4 is an illustration of a homology analysis between the protein sequences of TcbA_(ii) and TcaB_(ii) proteins.

[0020]FIG. 5 is a phenogram of Photorhabdus strains. Relationship of Photorhabdus Strains was defined by rep-PCR. The upper axis of FIG. 5 measures the percentage similarity of strains based on scoring of rep-PCR products (i.e., 0.0 [no similarity] to 1.0 [100% similarity]). At the right axis, the numbers and letters indicate the various strains tested; 14=W-14, Hm=Hm, H9=H9, 7=WX-7, 1=WX-1, 2=WX-2, 88=HP88, NC-1=NC-1, 4=WX-4, 9=WX-9, 8=WX-8, 10=WX-10, WIR=WIR, 3=WX-3, 11=WX-11, 5=WX-5, 6=WX-6, 12=WX-12, x14=WX-14, 15=WX-15, Hb=Hb, B2=B2, 48 through 52=ATCC 43948 through ATCC 43952. Vertical lines separating horizontal lines indicate the degree of relatedness (as read from the extrapolated intersection of the vertical line with the upper axis) between strains or groups of strains at the base of the horizontal lines (e.g., strain W-14 is approximately 60% similar to strains H9 and Hm).

[0021]FIG. 6 is an illustration of the genomic maps of the W-14 Strain.

[0022]FIG. 6A is an illustration of the tca and tcb loci and primary gene products.

[0023]FIG. 7 is a phenogram of Photorhabdus strains as defined by rep-PCR. The upper axis of FIG. 7 measures the percentage similarity of strains based on scoring of rep-PCR products (i.e., 0.0 [no similarity] to 1.0 [100% similarity]). At the right axis, the numbers and letters indicate the various strains tested. Vertical lines separating horizontal lines indicate the degree of relatedness (as read from the extrapolated intersection of the vertical line with the upper axis) between strains or groups of strains at the base of the horizontal lines (e.g., strain Indicus is approximately 30% similar to strains MP1 and HB Oswego). Note that the Photorhabdus strains on the phenogram are as follows: 14=W-14; Hm=Hm; H9=H9; 7=WX-7; 1=WX-1; 2=WX-2; 88=HP88; NC1=NC-1; 4=WX-4; 9=WX-9; 8=WX-8; 10=WX-10; 30=W30; WIR=WIR; 3-WX-3; 11=WX-11; 5=WX-5; 6=WX-6; 12=WX-12; 15=WX-15; X14=WX-14; Hb=Hb; B2=B2; 48=ATCC 43948; 49=ATCC 43949; 50=ATCC 43950; 51=ATCC 43951; 52=ATCC 43952.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0024] The present inventions are directed to the discovery of a unique class of insecticidal protein toxins from the genus Photorhabdus that have oral toxicity against insects. A unique feature of Photorhabdus is its bioluminescence. Photorhabdus may be isolated from a variety of sources. One such source is nematodes, more particularly nematodes of the genus Heterorhabditis. Another such source is from human clinical samples from wounds, see Farmer et al. 1989 J. Clin. Microbiol. 27 pp. 1594-1600. These saprohytic strains are deposited in the American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, Md.) ATCC #s 43948, 43949, 43950, 43951, and 43952, and are incorporated herein by reference. It is possible that other sources could harbor Photorhabdus bacteria that produce insecticidal toxins. Such sources in the environment could be either terrestrial or aquatic based.

[0025] The genus Photorhabdus is taxonomically defined as a member of the Family Enterobacteriaceae, although it has certain traits atypical of this family. For example, strains of this genus are nitrate reduction negative, yellow and red pigment producing and bioluminescent. This latter trait is otherwise unknown within the Enterobacteriaceae. Photorhabdus has only recently been described as a genus separate from the Xenorhabdus (Boemare et al., 1993 Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 43, 249-255). This differentiation is based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies, phenotypic differences (e.g., presence (Photorhabdus) or absence (Xenorhabdus) of catalase and bioluminescence) and the Family of the nematode host (Xenorhabdus; Steinernematidae, Photorhabdus; Heterorhabditidae). Comparative, cellular fatty-acid analyses (Janse et al. 1990, Lett. Appl. Microbiol 10, 131-135; Suzuki et al. 1990, J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 36, 393-401) support the separation of Photorhabdus from Xenorhabdus.

[0026] In order to establish that the strain collection disclosed herein was comprised of Photorhabdus strains, the strains were characterized based on recognized traits which define Photorhabdus and differentiate it from other Enterobacteriaceae and Xenorhabdus species. (Farmer, 1984 Bergey's Manual of Systemic Bacteriology Vol. 1 pp.510-511; Akhurst and Boemare 1988, J. Gen. Microbiol. 134 pp. 1835-1845; Boemare et al. 1993 Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 43 pp. 249-255, which are incorporated herein by reference). The traits studied were the following: gram stain negative rods, organism size, colony pigmentation, inclusion bodies, presence of catalase, ability to reduce nitrate, bioluminescence, dye uptake, gelatin hydrolysis, growth on selective media, growth temperature, survival under anerobic conditions and motility. Fatty acid analysis was used to confirm that the strains herein all belong to the single genus Photorhabdus.

[0027] Currently, the bacterial genus Photorhabdus is comprised of a single defined species, Photorhabdus luminescens (ATCC Type strain #29999, Poinar et al., 1977, Nematologica 23, 97-102). A variety of related strains have been described in the literature (e.g., Akhurst et al. 1988 J. Gen. Microbiol., 134, 1835-1845; Boemare et al. 1993 Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 43 pp. 249-255; Putz et al. 1990, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 56, 181-186). Numerous Photorhabdus strains have been characterized herein. Because there is currently only one species (luminescens) defined within the genus Photorhabdus, the luminescens species traits were used to characterize the strains herein. As can be seen in FIG. 5, these strains are quite diverse. It is not unforeseen that in the future there may be other Photorhabdus species that will have some of the attributes of the luminescens species as well as some different characteristics that are presently not defined as a trait of Photorhabdus luminescens. However, the scope of the invention herein is to any Photorhabdus species or strains which produce proteins that have functional activity as insect control agents, regardless of other traits and characteristics.

[0028] Furthermore, as is demonstrated herein, the bacteria of the genus Photorhabdus produce proteins that have functional activity as defined herein. Of particular interest are proteins produced by the species Photorhabdus luminescens. The inventions herein should in no way be limited to the strains which are disclosed herein. These strains illustrate for the first time that proteins produced by diverse isolates of Photorhabdus are toxic upon exposure to insects. Thus, included within the inventions described herein are the strains specified herein and any mutants thereof, as well as any strains or species of the genus Photorhabdus that have the functional activity described herein.

[0029] There are several terms that are used herein that have a particular meaning and are as follows:

[0030] By “functional activity” it is meant herein that the protein toxin(s) function as insect control agents in that the proteins are orally active, or have a toxic effect, or are able to disrupt or deter feeding, which may or may not cause death of the insect. When an insect comes into contact with an effective amount of toxin delivered via transgenic plant expression, formulated protein compositions(s), sprayable protein composition(s), a bait matrix or other delivery system, the results are typically death of the insect, or the insects do not feed upon the source which makes the toxins available to the insects.

[0031] By the use of the term “genetic material” herein, it is meant to include all genes, nucleic acid, DNA and RNA.

[0032] By “homolog” it is meant an amino acid sequence that is identified as possessing homology to a reference W-14 toxin polypeptide amino acid sequence.

[0033] By “homology” it is meant an amino acid sequence that has a similarity index of at least 33% and/or an identity index of at least 26% to a reference W-14 toxin polypeptide amino acid sequence, as scored by the GAP algorithm using the B10sum 62 protein scoring matrix (Wisconsin Package Version 9.0, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), Madison, Wis.).

[0034] By “identity” is meant an amino acid sequence that contains an identical residue at a given position, following alignment with a reference W-14 toxin polypeptide amino acid sequence by the GAP algorithm.

[0035] The protein toxins discussed herein are typically referred to as “insecticides”. By insecticides it is meant herein that the protein toxins have a “functional activity” as further defined herein and are used as insect control agents.

[0036] By the use of the term “oligonucleotides” it is meant a macromolecule consisting of a short chain of nucleotides of either RNA or DNA. Such length could be at least one nucleotide, but typically are in the range of about 10 to about 12 nucleotides. The determination of the length of the oligonucleotide is well within the skill of an artisan and should not be a limitation herein. Therefore, oligonucleotides may be less than 10 or greater than 12.

[0037] By the use of the term “Photorhabdus toxin” it is meant any protein produced by a Photorhabdus microorganism strain which has functional activity against insects, where the Photorhabdustoxin could be formulated as a sprayable composition, expressed by a transgenic plant, formulated as a bait matrix, delivered via baculovirus, or delivered by any other applicable host or delivery system.

[0038] By the use of the term “toxic” or “toxicity” as used herein it is meant that the toxins produced by Photorhabdus have “functional activity” as defined herein.

[0039] By “truncated peptide” it is meant herein to include any peptide that is fragment(s) of the peptides observed to have functional activity.

[0040] By “substantial sequence homology” is meant either: a DNA fragment having a nucleotide sequence sufficiently similar to another DNA fragment to produce a protein having similar biochemical properties; or a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence sufficiently similar to another polypeptide to exhibit similar biochemical properties.

[0041] Fermentation broths from selected strains reported in Table 20 were used to determine the following: breadth of insecticidal toxin production by the Photorhabdus genus, the insecticidal spectrum of these toxins, and to provide source material to purify the toxin complexes. The strains characterized herein have been shown to have oral toxicity against a variety of insect orders. Such insect orders include but are not limited to Coleoptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Acarina, Hymenoptera and Dictyoptera.

[0042] As with other bacterial toxins, the rate of mutation of the bacteria in a population causes many related toxins slightly different in sequence to exist. Toxins of interest here are those which produce protein complexes toxic to a variety of insects upon exposure, as described herein. Preferably, the toxins are active against Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Homopotera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Dictyoptera and Acarina. The inventions herein are intended to capture the protein toxins homologous to protein toxins produced by the strains herein and any derivative strains thereof, as well as any protein toxins produced by Photorhabdus. These homologous proteins may differ in sequence, but do not differ in function from those toxins described herein. Homologous toxins are meant to include protein complexes of between 300 kDa to 2,000 kDa and are comprised of at least two (2) subunits, where a subunit is a peptide which may or may not be the same as the other subunit. Various protein subunits have been identified and are taught in the Examples herein. Typically, the protein subunits are between about 18 kDa to about 230 kDa; between about 160 kDa to about 230 kDa; 100 kDa to 160 kDa; about 80 kDa to about 100 kDa; and about 50 kDa to about 80 kDa.

[0043] As discussed above, some Photorhabdus strains can be isolated from nematodes. Some nematodes, elongated cylindrical parasitic worms of the phylum Nematoda, have evolved an ability to exploit insect larvae as a favored growth environment. The insect larvae provide a source of food for growing nematodes and an environment in which to reproduce. One dramatic effect that follows invasion of larvae by certain nematodes is larval death. Larval death results from the presence of, in certain nematodes, bacteria that produce an insecticidal toxin which arrests larval growth and inhibits feeding activity.

[0044] Interestingly, it appears that each genus of insect parasitic nematode hosts a particular species of bacterium, uniquely adapted for symbiotic growth with that nematode. In the interim since this research was initiated, the name of the bacterial genus Xenorhabdus was reclassified into the Xenorhabdus and the Photorhabdus. Bacteria of the genus Photorhabdus are characterized as being symbionts of Heterorhabditus nematodes while Xenorhabdus species are symbionts of the Steinernema species. This change in nomenclature is reflected in this specification, but in no way should a change in nomenclature alter the scope of the inventions described herein.

[0045] The peptides and genes that are disclosed herein are named according to the guidelines recently published in the Journal of Bacteriology “Instructions to Authors” p. i-xii (January 1996), which is incorporated herein by reference. The following peptides and genes were isolated from Photorhabdus strain W-14. TABLE 1 Peptide/Gene Nomenclature Toxin Complex 1 2 3 4 Peptide Peptide Gene Gene Name Sequence ID No.* Name Sequence ID No.* tca genomic region TcaA 34^(c) tcaA 33 TcaA_(i) pro-peptide tcaA — TcaA_(ii) [15]^(a), 34^(c) tcaA — TcaA_(iii) [4]^(a), 35^(c) tcaA — TcaA_(iv) [62]^(a) tcaA — TcaB [3]^(a), (19, 20)^(b), 26^(c) tcaB 25 TcaB_(i) [3]^(a), (19, 20)^(b), 28^(c) tcaB 27 TcaB_(ii) [5]^(a), 30^(c) tcaB 29 TcaC [2]^(a), 32^(c) tcaC 31 tcb genomic region TcbA 12^(c), [16]^(a), (21, tcbA 11 22, 23, 24)^(b) TcbA_(i) pro-peptide tcbA — TcbA_(ii) [1]^(a), (21, 22, 23, tcbA 52 24)^(b), 53^(c) TcbA_(iii) [40]^(a), 55^(c) tcbA 54 tcc genomic region TccA [8]^(a), 57^(c) tccA 56 TccB [7]^(a), 59^(c) tccB 58 TccC 61^(c) tccC 60 tcd genomic region TcdA (17, 18, 37, 38, tcdA (36)^(d), 46 39, 42, 43)^(b), 47^(c) TcdA_(i) pro-peptide tcdA — TcdA_(ii) [13]^(a), (17, 18, 37, tcdA 48 38, 39)^(b), 49^(c) TcdA_(iii) [41]^(a), (42, 43)^(b), tcdA 50 51^(c) TcdB [14]^(a) tcdB —

[0046] The sequences listed above are grouped by genomic region. More specifically, the Photorhabdus luminesence bacteria (W-14) has at least four distinct genomic regions—tca, tcb, tcc and tcd. As can be seen in Table 1, peptide products are produced from these distinct genomic regions. Furthermore, as illustrated in the Examples, specifically Examples 15 and 21, individual gene products produced from three genomic regions are associated with insect activity. There is also considerable homology between these four genomic regions.

[0047] As is further illustrated in the Examples, the tcbA gene was expressed in E. coli as two possible biological active protein fragments (TcbA and TcbA_(ii/iii)). The tcdA gene was also expressed in E. coli. As illustrated in Example 16, when the native unprocessed TcbA toxin was treated with the endogeneous metalloproteases or insect gut contents containing proteases, the TcbA protein toxin was processed into smaller subunits that were less than the size of the native peptides and Southern Corn Rootworm activity increased. The smaller toxin peptides remained associated as part of a toxin complex. It may be desirable in some situations to increase activation of the toxin(s) by proteolytic processing or using truncated peptides. Thus, it may be more desirable to use truncated peptide(s) in some applications, i.e., commercial transgenic plant applications.

[0048] In addition to the W-14 strain, there are other species within the Photorhabdus genus that have functional activity which is differential (specifically see Tables 20 and 36). Even though there is differential activity, the amino acid sequences in some cases have substantial sequence homology. Moreover, the molecular probes indicate that some genes contained in the strains are homologous to the genes contained in the W-14 strain. In fact all of the strains illustrated herein have one or more homologs of W-14 toxin genes. The antibody data in Example 26 and the N-terminal sequence data in Example 25 further support the conclusion that there is homology and identity (based on amino acid sequence) between the protein toxin(s) produced by these strains. At the molecular level, the W-14 gene probes indicated that the homologs or the W-14 genes themselves (Tables 37, 38, and 39) are dispersed throughout the Photorhabdus genus. Further, it is possible that new toxin genes exist in other strains which are not homologous to W-14, but maintain overall protein attributes (see specifically Examples 14 and 25).

[0049] Even though there is homology or identity between toxin genes produced by the Photorhabdus strains, the strains themselves are quite diverse. Using polymerase chain reaction technology further discussed in Example 22, most of the strains illustrated herein are quite distinguishable. For example as can be seen in FIG. 5, the percentage relative similarity of some of the strains, such as HP88 and NC-1, was about 0.8, which indicates that the strains are similar, while HP88 and Hb was about 0.1, which indicates substantial diversity. Therefore, even though the insect toxin genes or gene products that the strains produce are the same or similar, the strains themselves are diverse.

[0050] In view of the data further disclosed in the Examples and discussions herein, it is clear that a new and unique family of insecticidal protein toxin(s) has been discovered. It has been further illustrated herein that these toxin(s) widely exist within bacterial strains of the Photorhabdus genus. It may also be the case that these toxin genes widely exist within the family Enterobacteracaea. Antibodies prepared as described in Example 21 or gene probes prepared as described in Example 25 may be used to further screen for bacterial strains within the family Enterobacteracaea that produce the homologous toxin(s) that have functional activity. It may also be the case that specific primer sets exist that could facilitate the identification of new genes within the Photorhabdus genus or family Enterobacteracaea.

[0051] As stated above, the antibodies may be used to rapidly screen bacteria of the genus Photorhabdus or the family Enterbacteracaea for homologous toxin products as illustrated in Example 26. Those skilled in the art are quite familiar with the use of antibodies as an analysis or screening tool (see U.S. Pat. No. 5,430,137, which is incorporated herein by reference). Moreover, it is generally accepted in the literature that antibodies are elicited against 6 to 20 amino acid residue segments that tend to occupy exposed surface of polypeptides (Current Protocols in Immunology, Coligan et al, National Institutes of Health, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). Usually the amino acid consist of contiguous amino acid residues, however, in certain cases they may be formed by non-contiguous amino acids that are constrained by specific conformation. The amino acid segments recognized by antibodies are highly specific and commonly referred to epitopes. The amino acid fragment can be generated by chemical and/or enzymatic cleavage of the native protein, by automated, solid-phase peptide synthesis, or by production from genetic engineering organisms. Polypeptide fragments can be isolated by a variety and/or combination of HPLC and FPLC chromatographic methods known in the art. Selection of polypeptide fragment can be aided by the use of algorithms, for example Kyte and Doolittle, 1982, Journal of Molecular Biology 157: 105-132 and Chou and Fasman, 1974, Biochemistry 13: 222-245, that predict those sequences most likely to exposed on the surface of the protein. For preparation of immunogen containing the polypeptide fragment of interest, in general, polypeptides are covalently coupled using chemical reactions to carrier proteins such as keyhole limpet hemocyanin via free amino (lysine), sulfhydyl (cysteine), phenolic (tyrosine) or carboxylic (aspartate or glutamate) groups. Immunogen with an adjuvant is injected in animals, such as mice or rabbits, or chickens to elicit an immune response against the immunogen. Analysis of antibody titer in antisera of inject animals against polypeptide fragment can be determined by a variety of immunological methods such as ELISA and Western blot. Alternatively, monoclonal antibodies can be prepared using spleen cells of the injected animal for fusion with tumor cells to produce immortalized hybridomas cells producing a single antibody species. Hybridomas cells are screened using immunological methods to select lines that produce a specific antibody to the polypeptide fragment of interest. Purification of antibodies from different sources can be performed by a variety of antigen affinity or antibody affinity columns or other chromatographic HPLC or FPLC methods.

[0052] The toxins described herein are quite unique in that the toxins have functional activity, which is key to developing an insect management strategy. In developing an insect management strategy, it is possible to delay or circumvent the protein degradation process by injecting a protein directly into an organism, avoiding its digestive tract. In such cases, the protein administered to the organism will retain its function until it is denatured, non-specifically degraded, or eliminated by the immune system in higher organisms. Injection into insects of an insecticidal toxin has potential application only in the laboratory, and then only on large insects which are easily injected. The observation that the insecticidal protein toxins herein described exhibits their toxic activity after oral ingestion or contact with the toxins permits the development of an insect management plan based solely on the ability to incorporate the protein toxins into the insect diet. Such a plan could result in the production of insect baits.

[0053] The Photorhabdus toxins may be administered to insects in a purified form. The toxins may also be delivered in amounts from about 1 to about 100 mg/liter of broth. This may vary upon formulation condition, conditions of the inoculum source, techniques for isolation of the toxin, and the like. The toxins may be administered as an exudate secretion or cellular protein originally expressed in a heterologous prokaryotic or eukaryotic host. Bacteria are typically the hosts in which proteins are expressed. Eukaryotic hosts could include but are not limited to plants, insects and yeast. Alternatively, the toxins may be produced in bacteria or transgenic plants in the field or in the insect by a baculovirus vector. Typically the toxins will be introduced to the insect by incorporating one or more of the toxins into the insects' feed.

[0054] Complete lethality to feeding insects is useful but is not required to achieve useful toxicity. If the insects avoid the toxin or cease feeding, that avoidance will be useful in some applications, even if the effects are sublethal. For example, if insect resistant transgenic crop plants are desired, a reluctance of insects to feed on the plants is as useful as lethal toxicity to the insects since the ultimate objective is protection of the plants rather than killing the insect.

[0055] There are many other ways in which toxins can be incorporated into an insect's diet. As an example, it is possible to adulterate the larval food source with the toxic protein by spraying the food with a protein solution, as disclosed herein. Alternatively, the purified protein could be genetically engineered into an otherwise harmless bacterium, which could then be grown in culture, and either applied to the food source or allowed to reside in the soil in an area in which insect eradication was desirable. Also, the protein could be genetically engineered directly into an insect food source. For instance, the major food source of many insect larvae is plant material.

[0056] By incorporating genetic material that encodes the insecticidal properties of the Photorhabdus toxins into the genome of a plant eaten by a particular insect pest, the adult or larvae would die after consuming the food plant. Numerous members of the monocotyledonous and dictyledenous genera have been transformed. Transgenic agronmonic crops as well as fruits and vegetables are of commercial interest. Such crops include but are not limited to maize, rice, soybeans, canola, sunflower, alfalfa, sorghum, wheat, cotton, peanuts, tomatoes, potatoes, and the like. Several techniques exist for introducing foreign genetic material into plant cells, and for obtaining plants that stably maintain and express the introduced gene. Such techniques include acceleration of genetic material coated onto microparticles directly into cells (U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,945,050 to Cornell and 5,141,131 to DowElanco). Plants may be transformed using Agrobacterium technology, see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,177,010 to University of Toledo, 5,104,310 to Texas A&M, European Patent Application 0131624B1, European Patent Applications 120516, 159418B1 and 176,112 to Schilperoot, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,149,645, 5,469,976, 5,464,763 and 4,940,838 and 4,693,976 to Schilperoot, European Patent Applications 116718, 290799, 320500 all to MaxPlanck, European Patent Applications 604662 and 627752 to Japan Tobacco, European Patent Applications 0267159, and 0292435 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,231,019 all to Ciba Geigy, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,463,174 and 4,762,785 both to Calgene, and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,004,863 and 5,159,135 both to Agracetus. Other transformation technology includes whiskers technology, see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,302,523 and 5,464,765 both to Zeneca. Electroporation technology has also been used to transform plants, see WO 87/06614 to Boyce Thompson Institute, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,472,869 and 5,384,253 both to Dekalb, WO9209696 and WO9321335 both to PGS. All of these transformation patents and publications are incorporated by reference. In addition to numerous technologies for transforming plants, the type of tissue which is contacted with the foreign genes may vary as well. Such tissue would include but would not be limited to embryogenic tissue, callus tissue type I and II, hypocotyl, meristem, and the like. Almost all plant tissues may be transformed during dedifferentiation using appropriate techniques within the skill of an artisan.

[0057] Another variable is the choice of a selectable marker. The preference for a particular marker is at the discretion of the artisan, but any of the following selectable markers may be used along with any other gene not listed herein which could function as a selectable marker. Such selectable markers include but are not limited to aminoglycoside phosphotransferase gene of transposon Tn5 (Aph II) which encodes resistance to the antibiotics kanamycin, neomycin and G418, as well as those genes which code for resistance or tolerance to glyphosate; hygromycin; methotrexate; phosphinothricin (bialophos); imidazolinones, sulfonylureas and triazolopyrimidine herbicides, such as chlorosulfuron; bromoxynil, dalapon and the like.

[0058] In addition to a selectable marker, it may be desirous to use a reporter gene. In some instances a reporter gene may be used without a selectable marker. Reporter genes are genes which are typically not present or expressed in the recipient organism or tissue. The reporter gene typically encodes for a protein which provides for some phenotypic change or enzymatic property. Examples of such genes are provided in K. Weising et al. Ann. Rev. Genetics, 22, 421 (1988), which is incorporated herein by reference. A preferred reporter gene is the glucuronidase (GUS) gene.

[0059] Regardless of transformation technique, the gene is preferably incorporated into a gene transfer vector adapted to express the Photorhabdus toxins in the plant cell by including in the vector a plant promoter. In addition to plant promoters, promoters from a variety of sources can be used efficiently in plant cells to express foreign genes. For example, promoters of bacterial origin, such as the octopine synthase promoter, the nopaline synthase promoter, the mannopine synthase promoter; promoters of viral origin, such as the cauliflower mosaic virus (35S and 19S), reengineered 35S, known as 35T (see PCT/US96/16582, WO 97/13402 published Apr. 17, 1997, which is incorporated herein by reference) and the like may be used. Plant promoters include, but are not limited to ribulose-1,6-bisphosphate (RUBP) carboxylase small subunit (ssu), beta-conglycinin promoter, phaseolin promoter, ADH promoter, heat-shock promoters and tissue specific promoters. Promoters may also contain certain enhancer sequence elements that may improve the transcription efficiency. Typical enhancers include but are not limited to Adh-intron 1 and Adh-intron 6. Constitutive promoters may be used. Constitutive promoters direct continuous gene expression in all cells types and at all times (e.g., actin, ubiquitin, CaMV 35S). Tissue specific promoters are responsible for gene expression in specific cell or tissue types, such as the leaves or seeds (e.g., zein, oleosin, napin, ACP) and these promoters may also be used. Promoters may also be are active during a certain stage of the plants' development as well as active in plant tissues and organs. Examples of such promoters include but are not limited to pollen-specific, embryo specific, corn silk specific, cotton fiber specific, root specific, seed endosperm specific promoters and the like.

[0060] Under certain circumstances it may be desirable to use an inducible promoter. An inducible promoter is responsible for expression of genes in response to a specific signal, such as: physical stimulus (heat shock genes); light (RUBP carboxylase); hormone (Em); metabolites; and stress. Other desirable transcription and translation elements that function in plants may be used. Numerous plant-specific gene transfer vectors are known to the art.

[0061] In addition, it is known that to obtain high expression of bacterial genes in plants it is preferred to reengineer the bacterial genes so that they are more efficiently expressed in the cytoplasm of plants. Maize is one such plant where it is preferred to reengineer the bacterial gene(s) prior to transformation to increase the expression level of the toxin in the plant. One reason for the reengineering is the very low G+C content of the native bacterial gene(s) (and consequent skewing towards high A+T content). This results in the generation of sequences mimicking or duplicating plant gene control sequences that are known to be highly A+T rich. The presence of some A+T-rich sequences within the DNA of the gene(s) introduced into plants (e.g., TATA box regions normally found in gene promoters) may result in aberrant transcription of the gene(s). On the other hand, the presence of other regulatory sequences residing in the transcribed mRNA (e.g., polyadenylation signal sequences (AAUAAA), or sequences complementary to small nuclear RNAs involved in pre-mRNA splicing) may lead to RNA instability. Therefore, one goal in the design of reengineered bacterial gene(s), more preferably referred to as plant optimized gene(s), is to generate a DNA sequence having a higher G+C content, and preferably one close to that of plant genes coding for metabolic enzymes. Another goal in the design of the plant optimized gene(s) is to generate a DNA sequence that not only has a higher G+C content, but by modifying the sequence changes, should be made so as to not hinder translation.

[0062] An example of a plant that has a high G+C content is maize. The table below illustrates how high the G+C content is in maize. As in maize, it is thought that G+C content in other plants is also high. TABLE 2 Compilation of G + C Contents of Protein Coding Regions of Maize Genes Protein Class^(a) Range % G + C Mean % G + C^(b) Metabolic Enzymes (40) 44.4-75.3 59.0 (8.0) Storage Proteins Group I (23) 46.0-51.9 48.1 (1.3) Group II (13) 60.4-74.3 67.5 (3.2) Group I + II (36) 46.0-74.3  55.1 (9.6)^(c) Structural Proteins (18) 48.6-70.5 63.6 (6.7) Regulatory Proteins (5) 57.2-68.9 62.0 (4.9) Uncharacterized Proteins (9) 41.5-70.3 64.3 (7.2) All Proteins (108) 44.4-75.3 60.8 (5.2)

[0063] For the data in Table 2, coding regions of the genes were extracted from GenBank (Release 71) entries, and base compositions were calculated using the MacVector™ program (IBI, New Haven, Conn.) Intron sequences were ignored in the calculations. Group I and II storage protein gene sequences were distinguished by their marked difference in base composition.

[0064] Due to the plasticity afforded by the redundancy of the genetic code (i.e., some amino acids are specified by more than one codon), evolution of the genomes of different organisms or classes or organisms has resulted in differential usage of redundant codons. This “codon bias” is reflected in the mean base composition of protein coding regions. For example, organisms with relatively low G+C contents utilize codons having A or T in the third position of redundant codons, whereas those having higher G+C contents utilize codons having G or C in the third position. It is thought that the presence of “minor” codons within a gene's mRNA may reduce the absolute translation rate of that mRNA, especially when the relative abundance of the charged tRNA corresponding to the minor codon is low. An extension of this is that the diminution of translation rate by individual minor codons would be at least additive for multiple minor codons. Therefore, mRNAs having high relative contents of minor codons would have correspondingly low translation rates. This rate would be reflected by the synthesis of low levels of the encoded protein.

[0065] In order to reengineer the bacterial gene(s), the codon bias of the plant is determined. The codon bias is the statistical codon distribution that the plant uses for coding its proteins. After determining the bias, the percent frequency of the codons in the gene(s) of interest is determined. The primary codons preferred by the plant should be determined as well as the second and third choice of preferred codons. The amino acid sequence of the protein of interest is reverse translated so that the resulting nucleic acid sequence codes for the same protein as the native bacterial gene, but the resulting nucleic acid sequence corresponds to the first preferred codons of the desired plant. The new sequence is analyzed for restriction enzyme sites that might have been created by the modification. The identified sites are further modified by replacing the codons with second or third choice preferred codons. Other sites in the sequence which could affect the transcription or translation of the gene of interest are the exon:intron 5′ or 3′ junctions, poly A addition signals, or RNA polymerase termination signals. The sequence is further analyzed and modified to reduce the frequency of TA or GC doublets. In addition to the doublets, G or C sequence blocks that have more than about four residues that are the same can affect transcription of the sequence. Therefore, these blocks are also modified by replacing the codons of first or second choice, etc. with the next preferred codon of choice. It is preferred that the plant optimized gene(s) contains about 63% of first choice codons, between about 22% to about 37% second choice codons, and between 15% and 0% third choice codons, wherein the total percentage is 100%. Most preferred the plant optimized gene(s) contain about 63% of first choice codons, at least about 22% second choice codons, about 7.5% third choice codons, and about 7.5% fourth choice codons, wherein the total percentage is 100%. The method described above enables one skilled in the art to modify gene(s) that are foreign to a particular plant so that the genes are optimally expressed in plants. The method is further illustrated in application PCT/US96/16582, WO 97/13402 published Apr. 17, 1997.

[0066] Thus, in order to design plant optimized gene(s) the amino acid sequence of the toxins are reverse translated into a DNA sequence, utilizing a nonredundant genetic code established from a codon bias table compiled for the gene DNA sequence for the particular plant being transformed. The resulting DNA sequence, which is completely homogeneous in codon usage, is further modified to establish a DNA sequence that, besides having a higher degree of codon diversity, also contains strategically placed restriction enzyme recognition sites, desirable base composition, and a lack of sequences that might interfere with transcription of the gene, or translation of the product mRNA.

[0067] It is theorized that bacterial genes may be more easily expressed in plants if the bacterial genes are expressed in the plastids. Thus, it may be possible to express bacterial genes in plants, without optimizing the genes for plant expression, and obtain high express of the protein. See U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,762,785; 5,451,513 and 5,545,817, which are incorporated herein by reference.

[0068] One of the issues regarding commercial exploiting transgenic plants is resistance management. This is of particular concern with Bacillus thuringiensis toxins. There are numerous companies commerically exploiting Bacillus thuringiensis and there has been much concern about Bt toxins becoming resistant. One strataegy for insect resistant management would be to combine the toxins produced by Photorhabdus with toxins such as Bt, vegetative insect proteins (Ciba Geigy) or other toxins. The combinations could be formulated for a sprayable application or could be molecular combinations. Plants could be transformed with Photorhabdus genes that produce insect toxins and other insect toxin genes such as Bt as with other insect toxin genes such as Bt.

[0069] European Patent Application 0400246A1 describes transformation of 2 Bt in a plant, which could be any 2 genes. Another way to produce a transgenic plant that contains more than one insect resistant gene would be to produce two plants, with each plant containing an insect resistant gene. These plants would be backcrossed using traditional plant breeding techniques to produce a plant containing more than one insect resistant gene.

[0070] In addition to producing a transformed plant containing plant optimized gene(s), there are other delivery systems where it may be desirable to reengineer the bacterial gene(s). Along the same lines, a genetically engineered, easily isolated protein toxin fusing together both a molecule attractive to insects as a food source and the insecticidal activity of the toxin may be engineered and expressed in bacteria or in eukaryotic cells using standard, well-known techniques. After purification in the laboratory such a toxic agent with “built-in” bait could be packaged inside standard insect trap housings.

[0071] Another delivery scheme is the incorporation of the genetic material of toxins into a baculovirus vector. Baculoviruses infect particular insect hosts, including those desirably targeted with the Photorhabdus toxins. Infectious baculovirus harboring an expression construct for the Photorhabdus toxins could be introduced into areas of insect infestation to thereby intoxicate or poison infected insects.

[0072] Transfer of the insecticidal properties requires nucleic acid sequences encoding the coding the amino acid sequences for the Photorhabdus toxins integrated into a protein expression vector appropriate to the host in which the vector will reside. One way to obtain a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein with insecticidal properties is to isolate the native genetic material which produces the toxins from Photorhabdus, using information deduced from the toxin's amino acid sequence, large portions of which are set forth below. As described below, methods of purifying the proteins responsible for toxin activity are also disclosed.

[0073] Using N-terminal amino acid sequence data, such as set forth below, one can construct oligonucleotides complementary to all, or a section of, the DNA bases that encode the first amino acids of the toxin. These oligonucleotides can be radiolabeled and used as molecular probes to isolate the genetic material from a genomic genetic library built from genetic material isolated from strains of Photorhabdus. The genetic library can be cloned in plasmid, cosmid, phage or phagemid vectors. The library could be transformed into Escherichia coli and screened for toxin production by the transformed cells using antibodies raised against the toxin or direct assays for insect toxicity.

[0074] This approach requires the production of a battery of oligonucleotides, since the degenerate genetic code allows an amino acid to be encoded in the DNA by any of several three-nucleotide combinations. For example, the amino acid arginine can be encoded by nucleic acid triplets CGA, CGC, CGG, CGT, AGA, and AGG. Since one cannot predict which triplet is used at those positions in the toxin gene, one must prepare oligonucleotides with each potential triplet represented. More than one DNA molecule corresponding to a protein subunit may be necessary to construct a sufficient number of oligonucleotide probes to recover all of the protein subunits necessary to achieve oral toxicity.

[0075] From the amino acid sequence of the purified protein, genetic materials responsible for the production of toxins can readily be isolated and cloned, in whole or in part, into an expression vector using any of several techniques well-known to one skilled in the art of molecular biology. A typical expression vector is a DNA plasmid, though other transfer means including, but not limited to, cosmids, phagemids and phage are also envisioned. In addition to features required or desired for plasmid replication, such as an origin of replication and antibiotic resistance or other form of a selectable marker such as the bar gene of Streptomyces hygroscopicus or viridochromogenes, protein expression vectors normally additionally require an expression cassette which incorporates the cis-acting sequences necessary for transcription and translation of the gene of interest. The cis-acting sequences required for expression in prokaryotes differ from those required in eukaryotes and plants.

[0076] A eukaryotic expression cassette requires a transcriptional promoter upstream (5′) to the gene of interest, a transcriptional termination region such as a poly-A addition site, and a ribosome binding site upstream of the gene of interest's first codon. In bacterial cells, a useful transcriptional promoter that could be included in the vector is the T7 RNA Polymerase-binding promoter. Promoters, as previously described herein, are known to efficiently promote transcription of mRNA. Also upstream from the gene of interest the vector may include a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal sequence known to direct a covalently linked protein to a particular compartment of the host cells such as the cell surface.

[0077] Insect viruses, or baculoviruses, are known to infect and adversely affect certain insects. The affect of the viruses on insects is slow, and viruses do not stop the feeding of insects. Thus viruses are not viewed as being useful as insect pest control agents. Combining the Photorhabdus toxins genes into a baculovirus vector could provide an efficient way of transmitting the toxins while increasing the lethality of the virus. In addition, since different baculoviruses are specific to different insects, it may be possible to use a particular toxin to selectively target particularly damaging insect pests. A particularly useful vector for the toxins genes is the nuclear polyhedrosis virus. Transfer vectors using this virus have been described and are now the vectors of choice for transferring foreign genes into insects. The virus-toxin gene recombinant may be constructed in an orally transmissible form. Baculoviruses normally infect insect victims through the mid-gut intestinal mucosa. The toxin gene inserted behind a strong viral coat protein promoter would be expressed and should rapidly kill the infected insect.

[0078] In addition to an insect virus or baculovirus or transgenic plant delivery system for the protein toxins of the present invention, the proteins may be encapsulated using Bacillus thuringiensis encapsulation technology such as but not limited to U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,695,455; 4,695,462; 4,861,595 which are all incorporated herein by reference. Another delivery system for the protein toxins of the present invention is formulation of the protein into a bait matrix, which could then be used in above and below ground insect bait stations. Examples of such technology include but are not limited to PCT Patent Application WO 93/23998, which is incorporated herein by reference.

[0079] As is described above, it might become necessary to modify the sequence encoding the protein when expressing it in a non-native host, since the codon preferences of other hosts may differ from that of Photorhabdus. In such a case, translation may be quite inefficient in a new host unless compensating modifications to the coding sequence are made. Additionally, modifications to the amino acid sequence might be desirable to avoid inhibitory cross-reactivity with proteins of the new host, or to refine the insecticidal properties of the protein in the new host. A genetically modified toxin gene might encode a toxin exhibiting, for example, enhanced or reduced toxicity, altered insect resistance development, altered stability, or modified target species specificity.

[0080] In addition to the Photorhabdus genes encoding the toxins, the scope of the present invention is intended to include related nucleic acid sequences which encode amino acid biopolymers homologous to the, toxin proteins and which retain the toxic effect of the Photorhabdus proteins in insect species after oral ingestion.

[0081] For instance, the toxins used in the present invention seem to first inhibit larval feeding before death ensues. By manipulating the nucleic acid sequence of Photorhabdus toxins or its controlling sequences, genetic engineers placing the toxin gene into plants could modulate its potency or its mode of action to, for example, keep the eating-inhibitory activity while eliminating the absolute toxicity to the larvae. This change could permit the transformed plant to survive until harvest without having the unnecessarily dramatic effect on the ecosystem of wiping out all target insects. All such modifications of the gene encoding the toxin, or of the protein encoded by the gene, are envisioned to fall within the scope of the present invention.

[0082] Other envisioned modifications of the nucleic acid include the addition of targeting sequences to direct the toxin to particular parts of the insect larvae for improving its efficiency.

[0083] Strains W-14, ATCC 55397, 43948, 43949, 43950, 43951, 43952 have been deposited in the American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 USA. Amino acid and nucleotide sequence data for the W-14 native toxin (ATCC 55397) is presented below. Isolation of the genomic DNA for the toxins from the bacterial hosts is also exemplified herein. The other strains identified herein have been deposited with the United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Drive, Peoria, Ill. 61604.

[0084] Standard and molecular biology techniques were followed and taught in the specification herein. Additional information may be found in Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F., and Maniatis, T. (1989), Molecular Cloning, A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Press; Current Protocalsin Molecular Biology, ed. F. M. Ausubel et al., (1997), which are both incorporated herein by reference.

[0085] The following abbreviations are used throughout the Examples: Tris=tris (hydroxymethyl) amino methane; SDS=sodium dodecyl sulfate; EDTA=ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, IPTG=isopropylthio-B-galactoside, X-gal=5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indoyl-B-D-galactoside, CTAB=cetyltrimethylammonium bromide; kbp=kilobase pairs; dATP, dCTP, dGTP, dTTP, I=2′-deoxynucleoside 5′-triphosphates of adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and inosine, respectively; ATP=adenosine 5′ triphosphate.

EXAMPLE 1 Purification of Toxin from Photorhabdus luminescens and Demonstration of Toxicity after Oral Delivery of Purified Toxin

[0086] The insecticidal protein toxin of the present invention was purified from Photorhabdus luminescens strain W-14, ATCC Accession Number 55397. Stock cultures of Photorhabdus luminescens were maintained on petri dishes containing 2% Proteose Peptone No. 3 (i.e., PP3, Difco Laboratories, Detroit Mich.) in 1.5% agar, incubated at 25° C. and transferred weekly. Colonies of the primary form of the bacteria were inoculated into 200 ml of PP3 broth supplemented with 0.5% polyoxyethylene sorbitan mono-stearate (Tween 60, Sigma Chemical Company, St. Louis, Mo.) in a one liter flask. The broth cultures were grown for 72 hours at 30° C. on a rotary shaker. The toxin proteins can be recovered from cultures grown in the presence or absence of Tween; however, the absence of Tween can affect the form of the bacteria grown and the profile of proteins produced by the bacteria. In the absence of Tween, a variant shift occurs insofar as the molecular weight of at least one identified toxin subunit shifts from about 200 kDa to about 185 kDa.

[0087] The 72 hour cultures were centrifuged at 10,000×g for 30 minutes to remove cells and debris. The supernatant fraction that contained the insecticidal activity was decanted and brought to 50 mM K₂HPO₄ by adding an appropriate volume of 1.0 M K₂HPO₄. The pH was adjusted to 8.6 by adding potassium hydroxide. This supernatant fraction was then mixed with DEAE-Sephacel (Pharmacia LKB Biotechnology) which had been equilibrated with 50 mM K₂HPO₄. The toxic-activity was adsorbed to the DEAE resin. This mixture was then poured into a 2.6×40 cm column and washed with 50 mM K₂HPO₄ at room temperature at a flow rate of 30 ml/hr until the effluent reached a steady baseline UV absorbance at 280 nm. The column was then washed with 150 mM KCl until the effluent again reached a steady 280 nm baseline. Finally the column was washed with 300 mM KCl and fractions were collected.

[0088] Fractions containing the toxin were pooled and filter sterilized using a 0.2 micron pore membrane filter. The toxin was then concentrated and equilibrated to 100 mM KPO₄, pH 6.9, using an ultrafiltration membrane with a molecular weight cutoff of 100 kDa at 4° C. (Centriprep 100, Amicon Division-W. R. Grace and Company). A 3 ml sample of the toxin concentrate was applied to the top of a 2.6×95 cm Sephacryl S-400 HR gel filtration column (Pharmacia LKB Biotechnology). The eluent buffer was 100 mM KPO₄, pH 6.9, which was run at a flow rate of 17 ml/hr, at 4° C. The effluent was monitored at 280 nm.

[0089] Fractions were collected and tested for toxic activity. Toxicity of chromatographic fractions was examined in a biological assay using Manduca sexta larvae. Fractions were either applied directly onto the insect diet (Gypsy moth wheat germ diet, ICN Biochemicals Division—ICN Biomedicals, Inc.) or administered by intrahemocelic injection of a 5 μl sample through the first proleg of 4th or 5th instar larva using a 30 gauge needle. The weight of each larva within a treatment group was recorded at 24 hour intervals. Toxicity was presumed if the insect ceased feeding and died within several days of consuming treated insect diet or if death occurred within 24 hours after injection of a fraction.

[0090] The toxic fractions were pooled and concentrated using the Centriprep-100 and were then analyzed by HPLC using a 7.5 mm×60 cm TSK-GEL G-4000 SW gel permeation column with 100 mM potassium phosphate, pH 6.9 eluent buffer running at 0.4 ml/min. This analysis revealed the toxin protein to be contained within a single sharp peak that eluted from the column with a retention time of approximately 33.6 minutes. This retention time corresponded to an estimated molecular weight of 1,000 kDa. Peak fractions were collected for further purification while fractions not containing this protein were discarded. The peak eluted from the HPLC absorbs UV light at 218 and 280 nm but did not absorb at 405 nm. Absorbance at 405 nm was shown to be an attribute of xenorhabdin antibiotic compounds.

[0091] Electrophoresis of the pooled peak fractions in a non-denaturing agarose gel (Metaphor Agarose, FMC BioProducts) showed that two protein complexes are present in the peak. The peak material, buffered in 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0, was separated on a 1.5% agarose stacking gel buffered with 100 mM Tris-HCl at pH 7.0 and 1.9% agarose resolving gel buffered with 200 mM Tris-borate at pH 8.3 under standard buffer conditions (anode buffer 1M Tris-HCl, pH 8.3; cathode buffer 0.025 M Tris, 0.192 M glycine). The gels were run at 13 mA constant current at 15° C. until the phenol red tracking dye reached the end of the gel. Two protein bands were visualized in the agarose gels using Coomassie brilliant blue staining.

[0092] The slower migrating band was referred to as “protein band 1” and faster migrating band was referred to as “protein band 2.” The two protein bands were present in approximately equal amounts. The Coomassie stained agarose gels were used as a guide to precisely excise the two protein bands from unstained portions of the gels. The excised pieces containing the protein bands were macerated and a small amount of sterile water was added. As a control, a portion of the gel that contained no protein was also excised and treated in the same manner as the gel pieces containing the protein. Protein was recovered from the gel pieces by electroelution into 100 mM Tris-borate pH 8.3, at 100 volts (constant voltage) for two hours. Alternatively, protein was passively eluted from the gel pieces by adding an equal volume of 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0, to the gel pieces, then incubating at 30° C. for 16 hours. This allowed the protein to diffuse from the gel into the buffer, which was then collected.

[0093] Results of insect toxicity tests using HPLC-purified toxin (33.6 min. peak) and agarose gel purified toxin demonstrated toxicity of the extracts. Injection of 1.5 μg of the HPLC purified protein kills within 24 hours. Both protein bands 1 and 2, recovered from agarose gels by passive elution or electroelution, were lethal upon injection. The protein concentration estimated for these samples was less than 50 ng/larva. A comparison of the weight gain and the mortality between the groups of larvae injected with protein bands 1 or 2 indicate that protein band 1 was more toxic by injection delivery.

[0094] When HPLC-purified toxin was applied to larval diet at a concentration of 7.5 μg/larva, it caused a halt in larval weight gain (24 larvae tested). The larvae begin to feed, but after consuming only a very small portion of the toxin treated diet they began to show pathological symptoms induced by the toxin and the larvae cease feeding. The insect frass became discolored and most larva showed signs of diarrhea. Significant insect mortality resulted when several 5 μg toxin doses were applied to the diet over a 7-10 day period.

[0095] Agarose-separated protein band 1 significantly inhibited larval weight gain at a dose of 200 ng/larva. Larvae fed similar concentrations of protein band 2 were not inhibited and gained weight at the same rate as the control larvae. Twelve larvae_were fed eluted protein and 45 larvae were fed protein-containing agarose pieces. These two sets of data indicate that protein band 1 was orally toxic to Manduca sexta. In this experiment it appeared that protein band 2 was not toxic to Manduca sexta.

[0096] Further analysis of protein bands 1 and 2 by SDS-PAGE under denaturing conditions showed that each band was composed of several smaller protein subunits. Proteins were visualized by Coomassie brilliant blue staining followed by silver staining to achieve maximum sensitivity.

[0097] The protein subunits in the two bands were very similar. Protein band 1 contains 8 protein subunits of 25.1, 56.2, 60.8, 65.6, 166, 171, 184 and 208 kDa. Protein band 2 had an identical profile except that the 25.1, 60.8, and 65.6 kDa proteins were not present. The 56.2, 60.8, 65.6, and 184 kDa proteins were present in the complex of protein band 1 at approximately equal concentrations and represent 80% or more of the total protein content of that complex.

[0098] The native HPLC-purified toxin was further characterized as follows. The toxin was heat labile in that after being heated to 60° C. for 15 minutes it lost its ability to kill or to inhibit weight gain when injected or fed to Manduca sexta larvae. Assays were designed to detect lipase, type C phospholipase, nuclease or red blood cell hemolysis activities and were performed with purified toxin. None of these activities were present. Antibiotic zone inhibition assays were also done and the purified toxin failed to inhibit growth of Gram-negative or -positive bacteria, yeast or filamentous fungi, indicating that the toxic is not a xenorhabdin antibiotic.

[0099] The native HPLC-purified toxin was tested for ability to kill insects other than Manduca sexta. Table 3 lists insects killed by the HPLC-purified Photorhabdus luminescens toxin in this study. TABLE 3 Insects Killed by Photorhabdus luminescens Toxin Genus and Route of Common Name Order species Delivery Tobacco Lepidoptera Manduca sexta Oral and horn worm injected Mealworm Coleoptera Tenebrio molitor Oral Pharaoh ant Hymenoptera Monomorium pharoanis Oral German Dictyoptera Blattella germanica Oral and cockroach injected Mosquito Diptera Aedes aegypti Oral

[0100] Further Characterization of the High Molecular Weight Toxin Complex

[0101] In yet further analysis, the toxin protein complex was subjected to further characterization from W-14 growth medium. The culture conditions and initial purification steps through the S-400 HR column were identical to those described above. After isolation of the high molecular weight toxin complex from the S-400 HR column fractions, the toxic fractions were equilibrated with 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.6, and concentrated in the centriplus 100 (Amicon) concentrators. The protein toxin complex was then applied to a weak anion exchange (WAX) column, Vydac 301VPH575 (Hesparia, Calif.), at a flow rate of 0.5 ml/min. The proteins were eluted with a linear potassium chloride gradient, 0-250 mM KCl, in 10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.6 for 50 min. Eight protein peaks were detected by absorbance at 280 nm.

[0102] Bioassays using neonate southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, SCR) larvae and tobacco horn worm (Manduca sexta, THW) were performed on all fractions eluted from the HPLC column. THW were grown on Gypsy Moth wheat germ diet (ICN) at 25° C. with a 16 hr light 8 hr dark cycle. SCR were grown on Southern Corn Rootworm Larval Insecta-Diet (BioServ) at 25° C. with a 16 hr light/8 hr dark cycle.

[0103] The highest mortality for SCR and THW larvae was observed for peak 6, which eluted with ca. 112 mM to 132 mM KCl. SDS-PAGE analysis of peak 6 showed predominant peptides of 170 kDa, 66 kDa, 63 kDa, 59.5 kDa and 31 kDa. Western blot analysis was performed on peak 6 protein fraction with a mixture of polyclonal antibodies made against TcaA_(ii)-syn, TcaA_(iii)-syn, TcaB_(ii)-syn, TcaC-syn, and TcbA_(ii)-syn peptides (described in Example 21) and C5F2, a monoclonal antibody against the TcbA_(iii) peptide. Peak 6 contained immuno-reactive bands of 170 kDa, 90 kDa, 66 kDa, 59.5 kDa and 31 kDa. These are very close to the predicted sizes for the TcaC (166 kDa), TcaA_(ii)+TcaA_(iii) (92 kDa), TcaA_(iii) (66 kDa), TcaB_(ii) (60 kDa) and TcaA_(ii) (25 kDa), respectively. Peak 6 which was further analyzed by native agarose gel electrophoresis, as described herein, migrated as a single band with similar mobility to that of band 1.

[0104] The protein concentration of the purified peak 6 toxin protein was determined using the BCA reagents (Pierce). Dilutions of the protein were made in 10 mM Tris, pH 8.6 and applied to the diet bioassays. After 240 hours all neonate larvae on diet bioassays that received 450 ng or greater of the peak 6 protein fraction were dead. The group of larvae that received 90 ng of the same fraction had 40% mortality. After 240 hrs the survivors that received 90 ng and 20 ng of peak 6 protein fraction were ca. 10% and 70%, respectively, of the control weight.

EXAMPLE 2 Insecticide Utility

[0105] The Photorhabdus luminescens utility and toxicity were further characterized. Photorhabdus luminescens (strain W-14) culture broth was produced as follows. The production medium was 2% Bacto Proteose Peptone® Number 3 (PP3, Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) in Milli-Q® deionized water. Seed culture flasks consisted of 175 ml medium placed in a 500 ml tribaffled flask with a Delong neck, covered with a Kaput and autoclaved for 20 minutes, T=250° F. Production flasks consisted of 500 mls in a 2.8 liter 500 ml tribaffled flask with a Delong neck, covered by a Shin-etsu silicon foam closure. These were autoclaved for 45 minutes, T=250° F. The seed culture was incubated at 28° C. at 150 rpm in a gyrotory shaking incubator with a 2 inch throw. After 16 hours of growth, 1% of the seed culture was placed in the production flask which was allowed to grow for 24 hours before harvest. Production of the toxin appears to be during log phase growth. The microbial broth was transferred to a 1 L centrifuge bottle and the cellular biomass was pelleted (30 minutes at 2500 RPM at 4° C., [R.C.F.=about 1600] HG-4L Rotor RC3 Sorval centrifuge, Dupont, Wilmington, Del.). The primary broth was chilled at 4° C. for 8-16 hours and recentrifuged at least 2 hours (conditions above) to further clarify the broth by removal of a putative mucopolysaccharide which precipitated upon standing. (An alternative processing method combined both steps and involved the use of a 16 hour clarification centrifugation, same conditions as above.) This broth was then stored at 4° C. prior to bioassay or filtration.

[0106] Photorhabdus culture broth and protein toxin(s) purified from this broth showed activity (mortality and/or growth inhibition, reduced adult emergence) against a number of insects. More specifically, the activity is seen against corn rootworm (larvae and adult), Colorado potato beetle, and turf grubs, which are members of the insect order Coleoptera. Other members of the Coleoptera include wireworms, pollen beetles, flea beetles, seed beetles and weevils. Activity has also been observed against aster leafhopper, which is a member of the order, Homoptera. Other members of the Homoptera include planthoppers, pear pyslla, apple sucker, scale insects, whiteflies, and spittle bugs, as well as numerous host specific aphid species. The broth and purified fractions are also active against beet armyworm, cabbage looper, black cutworm, tobacco budworm, European corn borer, corn earworm, and codling moth, which are members of the order Lepidoptera. Other typical members of this order are clothes moth, Indian mealmoth, leaf rollers, cabbage worm, cotton bollworm, bagworm, Eastern tent caterpillar, sod webworm, and fall armyworm. Activity is also seen against fruitfly and mosquito larvae, which are members of the order Diptera. Other members of the order Diptera are pea midge, carrot fly, cabbage root fly, turnip root fly, onion fly, crane fly, house fly, and various mosquito species. Activity is seen against carpenter ant and Argentine ant, which are members of the order that also includes fire ants, oderous house ants, and little black ants.

[0107] The broth/fraction is useful for reducing populations of insects and were used in a method of inhibiting an insect population. The method may comprise applying to a locus of the insect an effective insect inactivating amount of the active described. Results are reported in Table 4.

[0108] Activity against corn rootworm larvae was tested as follows. Photorhabdus culture broth (filter sterilized, cell-free) or purified HPLC fractions were applied directly to the surface (about 1.5 cm²) of 0.25 ml of artificial diet in 30 μl aliquots following dilution in control medium or 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0, respectively. The diet plates were allowed to air-dry in a sterile flow-hood and the wells were infested with single, neonate Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (Southern corn rootworm, SCR) hatched from sterilized eggs, with second instar SCR grown on artificial diet or with second instar Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Western corn rootworm, WCR) reared on corn seedlings grown in Metromix®. Second instar larvae were weighed prior to addition to the diet. The plates were sealed, placed in a humidified growth chamber and maintained at 27° C. for the appropriate period (4 days for neonate and adult SCR, 2-5 days for WCR larvae, 7-14 days for second instar SCR). Mortality and weight determinations were scored as indicated. Generally, 16 insects per treatment were used in all studies. Control mortalities were as follows: neonate larvae, <5%, adult beetles, 5%.

[0109] Activity against Colorado potato beetle was tested as follows. Photorhabdus culture broth or control medium was applied to the surface (about 2.0 cm²) of 1.5 ml of standard artificial diet held in the wells of a 24-well tissue culture plate. Each well received 50 μl of treatment and was allowed to air dry. Individual second instar Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata, CPB) larvae were then placed onto the diet and mortality was scored after 4 days. Ten larvae per treatment were used in all studies. Control mortality was 3.3%.

[0110] Activity against Japanese beetle grubs and beetles was tested as follows. Turf grubs (Popillia japonica, 2-3rd instar) were collected from infested lawns and maintained in the laboratory in soil/peat mixture with carrot slices added as additional diet. Turf beetles were pheromone-trapped locally and maintained in the laboratory in plastic containers with maple leaves as food. Following application of undiluted Photorhabdus culture broth or control medium to corn rootworm artificial diet (30 μl/1.54 cm², beetles) or carrot slices (larvae), both stages were placed singly in a diet well and observed for any mortality and feeding. In both cases there was a clear reduction in the amount of feeding (and feces production) observed.

[0111] Activity against mosquito larvae was tested as follows. The assay was conducted in a 96-well microtiter plate. Each well contained 200 μl of aqueous solution (Photorhabdus culture broth, control medium or H₂O) and approximately 20, 1-day old larvae (Aedes aegypti). There were 6 wells per treatment. The results were read at 2 hours after infestation and did not change over the three day observation period. No control mortality was seen.

[0112] Activity against fruitflies was tested as follows. Purchased Drosophila melanogaster medium was prepared using 50% dry medium and a 50% liquid of either water, control medium or Photorhabdus culture broth. This was accomplished by placing 8.0 ml of dry medium in each of 3 rearing vials per treatment and adding 8.0 ml of the appropriate liquid. Ten late instar Drosophila melanogaster maggots were then added to each vial. The vials were held on a laboratory bench, at room temperature, under fluorescent ceiling lights. Pupal or adult counts were made after 3, 7 and 10 days of exposure. Incorporation of Photorhabdus culture broth into the diet media for fruitfly maggots caused a slight (17%) but significant reduction in day-10 adult emergence as compared to water and control medium (3% reduction).

[0113] Activity against aster leafhopper was tested as follows. The ingestion assay for aster leafhopper (Macrosteles severini) is designed to allow ingestion of the active without other external contact. The reservoir for the active/“food” solution is made by making 2 holes in the center of the bottom portion of a 35×10 mm Petri dish. A 2 inch Parafilm M® square is placed across the top of the dish and secured with an “O” ring. A 1 oz. plastic cup is then infested with approximately 7 leafhoppers and the reservoir is placed on top of the cup, Parafilm down. The test solution is then added to the reservoir through the holes. In tests using undiluted Photorhabdus culture broth, the broth and control medium were dialyzed against water to reduce control mortality. Mortality is reported at day 2 where 26.5% control mortality was seen. In the tests using purified fractions (200 mg protein/ml) a final concentration of 5% sucrose was used in all treatments to improve survivability of the aster leafhoppers. The assay was held in an incubator at 28° C., 70% RH with a 16/8 photoperiod. The assay was graded for mortality at 72 hours. Control mortality was 5.5%.

[0114] Activity against Argentine ants was tested as follows. A 1.5 ml aliquot of 100% Photorhabdus culture broth, control medium or water was pipetted into 2.0 ml clear glass vials. The vials were plugged with a piece of cotton dental wick that was moistened with the appropriate treatment. Each vial was placed into a separate 60×16 mm Petri dish with 8 to 12 adult Argentine ants (Linepithema humile). There were three replicates per treatment. Bioassay plates were held on a laboratory bench, at room temperature under fluorescent ceiling lights. Mortality readings were made after 5 days of exposure. Control mortality was 24%.

[0115] Activity against carpenter ant was tested as follows. Black carpenter ant workers (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) were collected from trees on DowElanco property in Indianapolis, Ind. Tests with Photorhabdus culture broth were performed as follows. Each plastic bioassay container (7⅛″×3″) held fifteen workers, a paper harborage and 10 ml of broth or control media in a plastic shot glass. A cotton wick delivered the treatment to the ants through a hole in the shot glass lid. All treatments contained 5% sucrose. Bioassays were held in the dark at room temperature and graded at 19 days. Control mortality was 9%. Assays delivering purified fractions utilized artificial ant diet mixed with the treatment (purified fraction or control solution) at a rate of 0.2 ml treatment/2.0 g diet in a plastic test tube. The final protein concentration of the purified fraction was less than 10 μg/g diet. Ten ants per treatment, a water source, harborage and the treated diet were placed in sealed plastic containers and maintained in the dark at 27° C. in a humidified incubator. Mortality was scored at day 10. No control mortality was seen.

[0116] Activity against various lepidopteran larvae was tested as follows. Photorhabdus culture broth or purified fractions were applied directly to the surface (about 1.5 cm²) of 0.25 ml of standard artificial diet in 30 μl aliquots following dilution in control medium or 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0, respectively. The diet plates were allowed to air-dry in a sterile flow-hood and the wells were infested with single, neonate larva. European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) and corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) eggs were supplied from commercial sources and hatched in-house, whereas beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua), cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni), tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens), codling moth (Laspeyresia pomonella) and black cutworm (Agrotis epsilon) larvae were supplied internally. Following infestation with larvae, the diet plates were sealed, placed in a humidified growth chamber and maintained in the dark at 27° C. for the appropriate period. Mortality and weight determinations were scored at days 5-7 for Photorhabdus culture broth and days 4-7 for the purified fraction. Generally, 16 insects per treatment were used in all studies. Control mortality ranged from 4-12.5% for control medium and was less than 10% for phosphate buffer. TABLE 4 Effect of Photorhabdus luminescens (Strain W-14) Culture Broth and Purified Toxin Fraction on Mortality and Growth Inhibition of Different Insect Orders/Species Broth Purified Fraction Insect Order/Species % Mort. % G.I. % Mort. % G.I. COLEOPTERA Corn Rootworm Southern/neonate larva 100 na 100 na Southern/2^(nd) instar na 38.5 nt nt Southern/adult 45 nt nt nt Western/2^(nd) instar na 35 nt nt Colorado Potato Beetle 93 nt nt nt 2^(nd) instar Turf Grub na a.f. nt nt 3^(rd) instar na a.f. nt nt adult DIPTERA Fruit Fly (adult emergence) 17 nt nt nt Mosquito larvae 100 na nt nt HOMOPTERA Aster Leafhopper 96.5 na 100 na HYMENOPTERA Argentine Ant 75 na nt na Carpenter Ant 71 na 100 na LEPIDOPTERA Beet Armyworm 12.5 36 18.75 41.4 Black Cutworm nt nt 0 71.2 Cabbage Looper nt nt 21.9 66.8 Codling Moth nt nt 6.25 45.9 Corn Earworm 56.3 94.2 97.9 na European Corn Borer 96.7 98.4 100 na Tobacco Budworm 13.5 52.5 19.4 85.6

EXAMPLE 3 Insecticide Utility upon Soil Application

[0117]Photorhabdus luminescens (strain W-14) culture broth was shown to be active against corn rootworm when applied directly to soil or a soil-mix (Metromix®). Activity against neonate SCR and WCR in Metromix® was tested as follows (Table 5). The test was run using corn seedlings (United Agriseeds brand CL614) that were germinated in the light on moist filter paper for 6 days. After roots were approximately 3-6 cm long, a single kernel/seedling was planted in a 591 ml clear plastic cup with 50 gm of dry Metromix®. Twenty neonate SCR or WCR were then placed directly on the roots of the seedling and covered with Metromix®. Upon infestation, the seedlings were then drenched with 50 ml total volume of a diluted broth solution. After drenching, the cups were sealed and left at room temperature in the light for 7 days. Afterwards, the seedlings were washed to remove all Metromix® and the roots were excised and weighed. Activity was rated as the percentage of corn root remaining relative to the control plants and as leaf damage induced by feeding. Leaf damage was scored visually and rated as either −, +, ++, or +++, with − representing no damage and +++ representing severe damage.

[0118] Activity against neonate SCR in soil was tested as follows (Table 6). The test was run using corn seedlings (United Agriseeds brand CL614) that were germinated in the light on moist filter paper for 6 days. After the roots were approximately 3-6 cm long, a single kernel/seedling was planted in a 591 ml clear plastic cup with 150 gm of soil from a field in Lebanon, Ind. planted the previous year with corn. This soil had not been previously treated with insecticides. Twenty neonate SCR were then placed directly on the roots of the seedling and covered with soil. After infestation, the seedlings were drenched with 50 ml total volume of a diluted broth solution. After drenching, the unsealed cups were incubated in a high relative humidity chamber (80%) at 78° F. Afterwards, the seedlings were washed to remove all soil and the roots were excised and weighed. Activity was rated as the percentage of corn root remaining relative to the control plants and as leaf damage induced by feeding. Leaf damage was scored visually and rated as either −, +, ++, or +++, with − representing no damage and +++ representing severe damage. TABLE 5 Effect of Photorhabdus luminescens (Strain W-14) Culture Broth on Rootworm Larvae after Post-Infestation Drenching (Metromix ®) Treatment Larvae Leaf Damage Root Weight (g) % Southern Corn Rootworm Water − − 0.4916 ± 0.023 100 Medium (2.0% v/v) − − 0.4416 ± 0.029 100 Broth (6.25% v/v) − − 0.4641 ± 0.081 100 Water + +++ 0.1410 ± 0.006 28.7 Media (2.0% v/v) + +++ 0.1345 ± 0.028 30.4 Broth (1.56% v/v) + − 0.4830 ± 0.031 104 Western Corn Rootworm Water − − 0.4446 ± 0.019 100 Broth (2.0% v/v) − − 0.4069 ± 0.026 100 Water + − 0.2202 ± 0.015 49 Broth (2.0% v/v) + − 0.3879 ± 0.013 95

[0119] TABLE 6 Effect of Photorhabdus luminescens (Strain W-14) Culture Broth on Southern Corn Rootworm Larvae after Post-Infestation Drenching (Soil) Treatment Larvae Leaf Damage Root Weight(g) % Water − − 0.2148 ± 0.014 100 Broth (50% v/v) − − 0.2260 ± 0.016 103 Water + +++ 0.0916 ± 0.009 43 Broth (50% v/v) + − 0.2428 ± 0.032 113

[0120] Activity of Photorhabdus luminescens (strain W-14) culture broth against second instar turf grubs in Metromix® was observed in tests conducted as follows (Table 7) - Approximately 50 gm of dry Metromix® was added to a 591 ml clear plastic cup. The Metromix® was then drenched with 50 ml total volume of a 50% (v/v) diluted Photorhabdus broth solution. The dilution of crude broth was made with water, with 50% broth being prepared by adding 25 ml of crude broth to 25 ml of water for 50 ml total volume. A 1% (w/v) solution of proteose peptone #3 (PP3), which is a 50% dilution of the normal media concentration, was used as a broth control. After drenching, five second instar turf grubs were placed on the top of the moistened Metromix®. Healthy turf grub larvae burrowed rapidly into the Metromix®. Those larvae that did not burrow within 1 h were removed and replaced with fresh larvae. The cups were sealed and placed in a 28° C. incubator, in the dark. After seven days, larvae were removed from the Metromix® and scored for mortality. Activity was rated the percentage of mortality relative to control. TABLE 7 Effect of Photorhabdus luminescens (Strain W-14) Culture Broth on Turf Grub after Pre-Infestation Drenching (Metromix ®) Treatment Mortality* Mortality % Water  7/15 47 Control medium 12/19 63 (1.0% w/v) Broth 17/20 85 (50% v/v)

EXAMPLE 4 Insecticide Utility Upon Leaf Application

[0121] Activity of Photorhabdus broth against European corn borer was seen when the broth was applied directly to the surface of maize leaves (Table 8). In these assays Photorhabdus broth was diluted 100-fold with culture medium and applied manually to the surface of excised maize leaves at a rate of about 6.0 μl/cm² of leaf surface. The leaves were air dried and cut into equal sized strips approximately 2×2 inches. The leaves were rolled, secured with paper clips and placed in 1 oz plastic shot glasses with 0.25 inch of 2% agar on the bottom surface to provide moisture. Twelve neonate European corn borers were then placed onto the rolled leaf and the cup was sealed. After incubation for 5 days at 27° C. in the dark, the samples were scored for feeding damage and recovered larvae. TABLE 8 Effect of Photorhabdus luminescens (Strain W-14) Culture Broth on European Corn Borer Larvae Following Pre-Infestation Application to Excised Maize Leaves Treatment Leaf Damage Larvae Recovered Weight (mg) Water Extensive 55/120 0.42 mg Control Medium Extensive 40/120 0.50 mg Broth (1.0% v/v) Trace  3/120 0.15 mg

[0122] Activity of the culture broth against neonate tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens) was demonstrated using a leaf dip methodology. Fresh cotton leaves were excised from the plant and leaf disks were cut with an 18.5 mm cork-borer. The disks were individually emersed in control medium (PP3) or Photorhabdus luminescens (strain W-14) culture broth which had been concentrated approximately 10-fold using an Amicon (Beverly, Mass.), Proflux M12 tangential filtration system with a 10 kDa filter. Excess liquid was removed and a straightened paper clip was placed through the center of the disk. The paper clip was then wedged into a plastic, 1.0 oz shot glass containing approximately 2.0 ml of 1% Agar. This served to suspend the leaf disk above the agar. Following drying of the leaf disk, a single neonate tobacco budworm larva was placed on the disk and the cup was capped. The cups were then sealed in a plastic bag and placed in a darkened, 27° C. incubator for 5 days. At this time the remaining larvae and leaf material were weighed to establish a measure of leaf damage (Table 9). TABLE 9 Effect of Photorhabdus luminescens (Strain W-14) Culture Broth on Tobacco Budworm Neonates in a Cotton-Leaf Dip Assay Final Weights (mg) Treatment Leaf Disk Larvae Control leaves 55.7 ± 1.3 na* Control Medium 34.0 ± 2.9 4.3 ± 0.91 Photorhabdus broth 54.3 ± 1.4 0.0**

EXAMPLE 5, Part A Characterization of Toxin Peptide Components

[0123] In a subsequent analysis, the toxin protein subunits of the bands isolated as in Example 1 were resolved on a 7% SDS polyacrylamide electrophoresis gel with a ratio of 30:0.8 (acrylamide:BIS-acrylamide). This gel matrix facilitates better resolution of the larger proteins. The gel system used to estimate the Band 1 and Band 2 subunit molecular weights in Example 1 was an 18% gel with a ratio of 38:0.18 (acrylamide:BIS-acrylamide), which allowed for a broader range of size separation, but less resolution of higher molecular weight components.

[0124] In this analysis, 10, rather than 8, protein bands were resolved. Table 10 reports the calculated molecular weights of the 10 resolved bands, and directly compares the molecular weights estimated under these conditions to those of the prior example. It is not surprising that additional bands were detected under the different separation conditions used in this example. Variations between the prior and new estimates of molecular weight are also to be expected given the differences in analytical conditions. In the analysis of this example, it is thought that the higher molecular weight estimates are more accurate than in Example 1, as a result of improved resolution. However, these are estimates based on SDS PAGE analysis, which are typically not analytically precise and result in estimates of peptides and which may have been further altered due to post- and co-translational modifications.

[0125] Amino acid sequences were determined for the N-terminal portions of five of the 10 resolved peptides. Table 10 + correlates the molecular weight of the proteins and the identified sequences. In SEQ ID No:2, certain analyses suggest that the proline at residue 5 may be an asparagine (asn). In SEQ ID NO:3, certain analyses suggest that the amino acid residues at positions 13 and 14 are both arginine (arg). In SEQ ID NO:4, certain analyses suggest that the amino acid residue at position 6 may be either alanine (ala) or serine (ser). In SEQ ID NO:5, certain analyses suggest that the amino acid residue at position 3 may be aspartic acid (asp). TABLE 10 ESTIMATE NEW ESTIMATE* SEQ. LISTING 208 200.2 kDa SEQ ID NO: 1 184 175.0 kDa SEQ ID NO: 2 65.6  68.1 kDa SEQ ID NO: 3 60.8  65.1 kDa SEQ ID NO: 4 56.2  58.3 kDa SEQ ID NO: 5 25.1  23.2 kDa  SEQ ID NO: 15

EXAMPLE 5, Part B Characterization of Toxin Peptide Components

[0126] New N-terminal sequence, SEQ ID NO:15, Ala Gln Asp Gly Asn Gln Asp Thr Phe Phe Ser Gly Asn Thr, was obtained by further N-terminal sequencing of peptides isolated from Native HPLC-purified toxin as described in Example 5, Part A, above. This peptide comes from the tcaA gene. The peptide labeled TcaA_(ii), starts at position 254 and goes to position 491, where the TcaA_(iii) peptide starts, SEQ ID NO:4. The estimated size of the peptide based on the gene sequence is 25,240 Da.

EXAMPLE 6 Characterization of Toxin Peptide Components

[0127] In yet another analysis, the toxin protein complex was re-isolated from the Photorhabdus luminescens growth medium (after culture without Tween) by performing a 10%-80% ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by an ion exchange chromatography step (Mono Q) and two molecular sizing chromatography steps. These conditions were like those used in Example 1. During the first molecular sizing step, a second biologically active peak was found at about 100±10 kDa. Based upon protein measurements, this fraction was 20-50 fold less active than the larger, or primary, active peak of about 860±100 kDa (native). During this isolation experiment, a smaller active peak of about 325±50 kDa that retained a considerable portion of the starting biological activity was also resolved. It is thought that the 325 kDa peak is related to or derived from the 860 kDa peak.

[0128] A 56 kDa protein was resolved in this analysis. The N-terminal sequence of this protein is presented in SEQ ID NO:6. It is noteworthy that this protein shares significant identity and conservation with SEQ ID NO:5 at the N-terminus, suggesting that the two may be encoded by separate members of a gene family and that the proteins produced by each gene are sufficiently similar to both be operable in the insecticidal toxin complex.

[0129] A second, prominent 185 kDa protein was consistently present in amounts comparable to that of protein 3 from Table 10, and may be the same protein or protein fragment. The N-terminal sequence of this 185 kDa protein is shown at SEQ ID NO:7.

[0130] Additional N-terminal amino acid sequence data were also obtained from isolated proteins. None of the determined N-terminal sequences appear identical to a protein identified in Table 10. Other proteins were present in isolated preparation. One such protein has an estimated molecular weight of 108 kDa and an N-terminal terminal sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:8. A second such protein has an estimated molecular weight of 80 kDa and an N-terminal sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:9.

[0131] When the protein material in the approximately 325 kDa active peak was analyzed by size, bands of approximately 51, 31, 28, and 22 kDa were observed. As in all cases in which a molecular weight was determined by analysis of electrophoretic mobility, these molecular weights were subject to error effects introduced by buffer ionic strength differences, electrophoresis power differences, and the like. One of ordinary skill would understand that definitive molecular weight values cannot be determined using these standard methods and that each was subject to variation. It was hypothesized that proteins of these sizes are degradation products of the larger protein species (of approximately 200 kDa size) that were observed in the larger primary toxin complex.

[0132] Finally, several preparations included a protein having the N-terminal sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:10. This sequence was strongly homologous to known chaperonin proteins, accessory proteins known to function in the assembly of large protein complexes. Although the applicants could not ascribe such an assembly function to the protein identified in SEQ ID NO:10, it was consistent with the existence of the described toxin protein complex that such a chaperonin protein could be involved in its assembly. Moreover, although such proteins have not directly been suggested to have toxic activity, this protein may be important to determining the overall structural nature of the protein toxin, and thus, may contribute to the toxic activity or durability of the complex in vivo after oral delivery.

[0133] Subsequent analysis of the stability of the protein toxin complex to proteinase K was undertaken. It was determined that after 24 hour incubation of the complex in the presence of a 10-fold molar excess of proteinase K, activity was virtually eliminated (mortality on oral application dropped to about 5%). These data confirm the proteinaceous nature of the toxin.

[0134] The toxic activity was also retained by a dialysis membrane, again confirming the large size of the native toxin complex.

EXAMPLE 7 Isolation, Characterization and Partial Amino Acid Sequencing of Photorhabdus Toxins

[0135] Isolation and N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequencing

[0136] In a set of experiments conducted in parallel to Examples 5 and 6, ammonium sulfate precipitation of Photorhabdus proteins was performed by adjusting Photorhabdus broth, typically 2-3 liters, to a final concentration of either 10% or 20% by the slow addition of ammonium sulfate crystals. After stirring for 1 hour at 4° C., the material was centrifuged at 12,000×g for 30 minutes. The supernatant was adjusted to 80% ammonium sulfate, stirred at 4° C. for 1 hour, and centrifuged at 12,000×g for 60 minutes. The pellet was resuspended in one-tenth the volume of 10 mM Na₂.PO₄, pH 7.0 and dialyzed against the same phosphate buffer overnight at 4° C. The dialyzed material was centrifuged at 12,000×g for 1 hour prior to ion exchange chromatography.

[0137] A HR 16/50 Q Sepharose (Pharmacia) anion exchange column was equilibrated with 10 mM Na₂.PO₄, pH 7.0. Centrifuged, dialyzed ammonium sulfate pellet was applied to the Q Sepharose column at a rate of 1.5 ml/min and washed extensively at 3.0 ml/min with equilibration buffer until the optical density (O.D. 280) reached less than 0.100. Next, either a 60 minute NaCl gradient ranging from 0 to 0.5 M at 3 ml/min, or a series of step elutions using 0.1 M, 0.4 M and finally 1.0 NaCl for 60 minutes each was applied to the column. Fractions were pooled and concentrated using a Centriprep 100. Alternatively, proteins could be eluted by a single 0.4 M NaCl wash without prior elution with 0.1 M NaCl.

[0138] Two milliliter aliquots of concentrated Q Sepharose samples were loaded at 0.5 ml/min onto a HR 16/50 Superose 12 (Pharmacia) gel filtration column equilibrated with 10 mM Na₂.PO₄, pH 7.0. The column was washed with the same buffer for 240 min at 0.5 ml/min and 2 min samples were collected. The void volume material was collected and concentrated using a Centriprep 100. Two milliliter aliquots of concentrated Superose 12 samples were loaded at 0.5 ml/min onto a HR 16/50 Sepharose 4B-CL (Pharmacia) gel filtration column equilibrated with 10 mM Na₂.PO₄, pH 7.0. The column was washed with the same buffer for 240 min at 0.5 ml/min and 2 min samples were collected.

[0139] The excluded protein peak was subjected to a second fractionation by application to a gel filtration column that used a Sepharose CL-4B resin, which separates proteins ranging from about 30 kDa to 1000 kDa. This fraction was resolved into two peaks; a minor peak at the void volume (>1000 kDa) and a major peak which eluted at an apparent molecular weight of about 860 kDa. Over a one week period subsequent samples subjected to gel filtration showed the gradual appearance of a third peak (approximately 325 kDa) that seemed to arise from the major peak, perhaps by limited proteolysis. Bioassays performed on the three peaks showed that the void peak had no activity, while the 860 kDa toxin complex fraction was highly active, and the 325 kDa peak was less active, although quite potent. SDS PAGE analysis of Sepharose CL-4B toxin complex peaks from different fermentation productions revealer two distinct peptide patterns, denoted “P” and “S”. The two patterns had marked differences in the molecular weights and concentrations of peptide components in their fractions. The “S” pattern, produced most frequently, had 4 high molecular weight peptides (>150 kDa) while the “P” pattern had 3 high molecular weight peptides. In addition, the “S” peptide fraction was found to have 2-3 fold more activity against European Corn Borer. This shift may be related to variations in protein expression due to age of inoculum and/or other factors based on growth parameters of aged cultures.

[0140] Milligram quantities of peak toxin complex fractions determined to be “P” or “S” peptide patterns were subjected to preparative SDS PAGE, and transblotted with TRIS-glycine (Seprabuff™ to PVDF membranes (ProBlott™, Applied Biosystems) for 3-4 hours. Blots were sent for amino acid analysis and N-terminal amino acid sequencing at Harvard MicroChem and Cambridge ProChem, respectively. Three peptides in the “S” pattern had unique N-terminal amino acid sequences compared to the sequences identified in the previous example. A 201 kDa (TcdA_(ii)) peptide set forth as SEQ ID NO:13 below shared between 33% amino acid identity and 50% similarity (similarity and identity were calculated by hand) with SEQ ID NO:1 (TcbA_(ii)) (in Table 10 vertical lines denote amino acid identities and colons indicate conservative amino acid substitutions). A second peptide of 197 kDa, SEQ ID NO:14 (TcdB), had 42% identity and 58% similarity with SEQ ID NO:2 (TcaC) (similarity and identity were calculated by hand). Yet a third peptide of 205 kDa was denoted TcdA_(ii). In addition, a limited N-terminal amino acid sequence, SEQ ID NO:16 (TcbA), of a peptide of at least 235 kDa was identical with the amino acid sequence, SEQ ID NO:12, deduced from a cloned gene (tcbA), SEQ ID NO:11, containing a deduced amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ ID NO:1 (TcbA_(ii)). This indicates that the larger 235+ kDa peptide was proteolytically processed to the 201 kDa peptide, (TcbA_(ii)), (SEQ ID NO:1) during fermentation, possibly resulting in activation of the molecule. In yet another sequence, the sequence originally reported as SEQ ID NO:5 (TcaB_(ii)) reported in Example 5 above, was found to contain an aspartic acid residue (Asp) at the third position rather than glycine (Gly) and two additional amino acids Gly and Asp at the eighth and ninth positions, respectively. In yet two other sequences, SEQ ID NO:2 (TcaC) and SEQ ID NO:3 (TcaB_(i)), additional amino acid sequence was obtained. Densitometric quantitation was performed using a sample that was identical to the “S” preparation sent for N-terminal analysis. This analysis showed that the 201 kDa and 197 kDa peptides represent 7.0% and 7.2%, respectively, of the total Coomassie brillant blue stained protein in the “S” pattern and are present in amounts similar to the other abundant peptides. It was speculated that these peptides may represent protein homologs, analogous to the situation found with other bacterial toxins, such as various CryI Bt toxins. These proteins vary from 40-90% similarity at their N-terminal amino acid sequence, which encompasses the toxic fragment.

[0141] Internal Amino Acid Sequencing

[0142] To facilitate cloning of toxin peptide genes, internal amino acid sequences of selected peptides were obtained as followed. Milligram quantities of peak 2A fractions determined to be “P” or “S” peptide patterns were subjected to preparative SDS PAGE, and transblotted with TRIS-glycine (Seprabuff™ to PVDF membranes (ProBlott™, Applied Biosystems) for 3-4 hours. Blots were sent for amino acid analysis and N-terminal amino acid sequencing at Harvard MicroChem and Cambridge ProChem, respectively. Three peptides, referred to as TcbA_(ii) (containing SEQ ID NO:1), TcdA_(ii), and TcaB_(i) (containing SEQ ID NO:3) were subjected to trypsin digestion by Harvard MicroChem followed by HPLC chromatography to separate individual peptides. N-terminal amino acid analysis was performed on selected tryptic peptide fragments. Two internal peptides were sequenced for the peptide TcdA_(ii) (205 kDa peptide) referred to as TcdA_(ii)-PT111 (SEQ ID NO:17) and TcdA_(ii)-PT79 (SEQ ID NO:18). Two internal peptides were sequenced for the peptide TcaB_(i) (68 kDa peptide) referred to as TcaB_(i)-PT158 (SEQ ID NO:19) and TcaB_(i)-PT108 (SEQ ID NO:20). Four internal peptides were sequenced for the peptide TcbA_(ii) (201 kDa peptide) referred to as TcbA_(ii)-PT103 (SEQ ID NO:21), TcbA_(ii)-PT56 (SEQ ID NO:22), TcbA_(ii)-PT81(a) (SEQ ID NO:23), and TcbA_(ii)-PT81(b) (SEQ ID NO:24). TABLE 11 N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequences (similarity and identity were calculated by hand) 201 kDa (33% identity & 50% similarity to SEQ ID NO.1)   L I G Y N N Q F S G * A SEQ ID NO:13   :   | |       | :     | F I Q G Y S D L F G N - A SEQ ID NO:1 197 kDa (42% identity & 58% similarity SEQ ID NO.2) M Q N S Q T F +E,INS S V G E L SEQ ID NO.14 | | : |       | : :   | M Q D S P E V S I T T L SEQ ID NO.2

EXAMPLE 8 Construction of a Cosmid Library of Photorhabdus luminescens W-14 Genomic DNA and its Screening to Isolate Genes Encoding Peptides Comprising the Toxic Protein Preparation

[0143] As a prerequisite for the production of Photorhabdus insect toxic proteins in heterologous hosts, and for other uses, it is necessary to isolate and characterize the genes that encode those peptides. This objective was pursued in parallel. One approach, described later, was based on the use of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies raised against the purified toxin which were then used to isolate clones from an expression library. The other approach, described in this example, is based on the use of the N-terminal and internal amino acid sequence data to design degenerate oligonucleotides for use in PCR amplication. Either method can be used to identify DNA clones that contain the peptide-encoding genes so as to permit the isolation of the respective genes, and the determination of their DNA base sequence.

[0144] Genomic DNA Isolation

[0145]Photorhabdus luminescens strain W-14 (ATCC accession number 55397) was grown on 2% proteose peptone #3 agar (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) and insecticidal toxin competence was maintained by repeated bioassay after passage, using the method described in Example 1 above. A 50 ml shake culture was produced in a 175 ml baffled flask in 2% proteose peptone #3 medium, grown at 28° C. and 150 rpm for approximately 24 hours. 15 ml of this culture was pelleted and frozen in its medium at −20° C. until it was thawed for DNA isolation. The thawed culture was centrifuged, (700×g, 30 min) and the floating orange mucopolysaccharide material was removed. The remaining cell material was centrifuged (25,000×g, 15 min) to pellet the bacterial cells, and the medium was removed and discarded.

[0146] Genomic DNA was isolated by an adaptation of the CTAB method described in section 2.4.1 of Current Protocols in Molecular Biology (Ausubel et al. eds, John Wiley & Sons, 1994) [modified to include a salt shock and with all volumes increased 10-fold]. The pelleted bacterial cells were resuspended in TE buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0) to a final volume of 10 ml, then 12 ml of 5 M NaCl was added; this mixture was centrifuged 20 min at 15,000×g. The pellet was resuspended in 5.7 ml TE and 300 ml of 10% SDS and 60 ml of 20 mg/ml proteinase K (Gibco BRL Products, Grand Island, N.Y.; in sterile distilled water) were added to the suspension. This mixture was incubated at 37° C. for 1 hr; then approximately 10 mg lysozyme (Worthington Biochemical Corp., Freehold, N.J.) was added. After an additional 45 min, 1 ml of 5 M NaCl and 800 ml of CTAB/NaCl solution (10% w/v CTAB, 0.7 M NaCl) were added. This preparation was incubated 10 min at 65° C., then gently agitated and further incubated and agitated for approximately 20 min to assist clearing of the cellular material. An equal volume of chloroform/isoamyl alcohol solution (24:1, v/v) was added, mixed gently and centrifuged. After two extractions with an equal volume of PCI (phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol; 50:49:1, v/v/v; equilibrated with 1 M Tris-HCl, pH 8.0; Intermountain Scientific Corporation, Kaysville, Utah), the DNA was precipitated with 0.6 volume of isopropanol. The DNA precipitate was gently removed with a glass rod, washed twice with 70% ethanol, dried, and dissolved in 2 ml STE (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 10 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA). This preparation contained 2.5 mg/ml DNA, as determined by optical density at 260 nm (i.e., OD₂₆₀).

[0147] The molecular size range of the isolated genomic DNA was evaluated for suitability for library construction. CHEF gel analysis was performed in 1.5% agarose (Seakem® LE, FMC BioProducts, Rockland, Me.) gels with 0.5×TBE buffer (44.5 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 44.5 mM H₃BO₃, 1 mM EDTA) on a BioRad CHEF-DR II apparatus with a Pulsewave 760 Switcher (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Richmond, Calif.). The running parameters were: initial A time, 3 sec; final A time, 12 sec; 200 volts; running temperature, 4-18° C.; run time, 16.5 hr. Ethidium bromide staining and examination of the gel under ultraviolet light indicated the DNA ranged from 30-250 kbp in size.

[0148] Construction of Library

[0149] A partial Sau3A 1 digest was made of this Photorhabdus genomic DNA preparation. The method was based on section 3.1.3 of Ausubel (supra.). Adaptions included running smaller scale reactions under various conditions until nearly optimal results were achieved. Several scaled-up large reactions with varied conditions were run, the results analyzed on CHEF gels, and only the best large scale preparation was carried forward. In the optimal case, 200 μg of Photorhabdus genomic DNA was incubated with 1.5 units of Sau3A 1 (New England Biolabs, “NEB”, Beverly, Mass.) for 15 min at 37° C. in 2 ml total volume of 1×NEB 4 buffer (supplied as 10× by the manufacturer). The reaction was stopped by adding 2 ml of PCI and centrifuging at 8000×g for 10 min. To the supernatant were added 200 μl of 5 M NaCl plus 6 ml of ice-cold ethanol. This preparation was chilled for 30 min at −20° C., then centrifuged at 12,000×g for 15 min. The supernatant was removed and the precipitate was dried in a vacuum oven at 40° C., then resuspended in 400 μl STE. Spectrophotometric assay indicated about 40% recovery of the input DNA. The digested DNA was size fractionated on a sucrose gradient according to section 5.3.2 of CPMB (op. cit.). A 10% to 40% (w/v) linear sucrose gradient was prepared with a gradient maker in Ultra-Clear™ tubes (Beckman Instruments, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.) and the DNA sample was layered on top. After centrifugation, (26,000 rpm, 17 hr, Beckman SW41 rotor, 20° C.), fractions (about 750 μl) were drawn from the top of the gradient and analyzed by CHEF gel electrophoresis (as described earlier). Fractions containing Sau3A 1 fragments in the size range 20-40 kbp were selected and DNA was precipitated by a modification (amounts of all solutions increased approximately 6.3-fold) of the method in section 5.3.3 of Ausubel (supra.). After overnight precipitation, the DNA was collected by centrifugation (17,000×g, 15 min), dried, redissolved in TE, pooled into a final volume of 80 μl, and reprecipitated with the addition of 8 μl 3 M sodium acetate and 220 μl ethanol. The pellet collected by centrifugation as above was resuspended in 12 μl TE. Concentration of the DNA was determined by Hoechst 33258 dye (Polysciences, Inc., Warrington, Pa.) fluorometry in a Hoefer TKO100 fluorimeter (Hoefer Scientific Instruments, San Francisco, Calif.). Approximately 2.5 μg of the size-fractionated DNA was recovered.

[0150] Thirty μg of cosmid pWE15 DNA (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.) was digested to completion with 100 units of restriction enzyme BamH 1 (NEB) in the manufacturer's buffer (final volume of 200 μl, 37° C., 1 hr). The reaction was extracted with 100 μl of PCI and DNA was precipitated from the aqueous phase by addition of 20 μl 3M sodium acetate and 550 μl-20° C. absolute ethanol. After 20 min at −70° C., the DNA was collected by centrifugation (17,000×g, 15 min), dried under vacuum, and dissolved in 180 μl of 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0. To this were added 20 μl of 10×CIP buffer (100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.3; 10 mM ZnCl₂; 10 mM MgCl₂), and 1 μl (0.25 units) of 1:4 diluted calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase (Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, Indianapolis, Ind.). After 30 min at 37° C., the following additions were made: 2 μl 0.5 M EDTA, pH 8.0; 10 μl 10% SDS; 0.5 μl of 20 mg/ml proteinase K (as above), followed by incubation at 55° C. for 30 min. Following sequential extractions with 100 μl of PCI and 100 μl phenol (Intermountain Scientific Corporation, equilibrated with 1 M Tris-HCl, pH 8.0), the dephosphorylated DNA was precipitated by addition of 72 μl of 7.5 M ammonium acetate and 550 μl-20° C. ethanol, incubation on ice for 30 min, and centrifugation as above. The pelleted DNA was washed once with 500 μl-20° C. 70% ethanol, dried under vacuum, and dissolved in 20 μl of TE buffer.

[0151] Ligation of the size-fractionated Sau3A 1 fragments to the BamH 1-digested and phosphatased pWE15 vector was accomplished using T4 ligase (NEB) by a modification (i.e., use of premixed 10×ligation buffer supplied by the manufacturer) of the protocol in section 3.33 of Ausubel. Ligation was carried out overnight in a total volume of 20 μl at 15° C., followed by storage at −20° C.

[0152] Four μl of the cosmid DNA ligation reaction, containing about 1 μg of DNA, was packaged into bacteriophage lambda using a commercial packaging extract (Gigapack® III Gold Packaging Extract, Stratagene), following the manufacturer's directions. The packaged preparation was stored at 4° C. until use. The packaged cosmid preparation was used to infect Escherichia coli XL1 Blue MR cells (Stratagene) according to the Gigapack® III Gold protocols (“Titering the Cosmid Library”), as follows. XL1 Blue MR cells were grown in LB medium (g/L: Bacto-tryptone, 10; Bacto-yeast extract, 5; Bacto-agar, 15; NaCl, 5; [Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.]) containing 0.2% (w/v) maltose plus 10 mM MgSO₄, at 37° C. After 5 hr growth, cells were pelleted at 700×g (15 min) and resuspended in 6 ml of 10 mM MgSO₄. The culture density was adjusted with 10 mM MgSO₄ to OD₆₀₀=0.5. The packaged cosmid library was diluted 1:10 or 1:20 with sterile SM medium (0.1 M NaCl, 10 mM MgSO₄, 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 0.01% w/v gelatin), and 25 μl of the diluted preparation was mixed with 25 μl of the diluted XL1 Blue MR cells. The mixture was incubated at 25° C. for 30 min (without shaking), then 200 μl of LB broth was added, and incubation was continued for approximately 1 hr with occasional gentle shaking. Aliquots (20-40 μl) of this culture were spread on LB agar plates containing 100 mg/l ampicillin (i.e., LB-Amp₁₀₀) and incubated overnight at 37° C. To store the library without amplification, single colonies were picked and inoculated into individual wells of sterile 96-well microwell plates; each well containing 75 μl of Terrific Broth (TB media: 12 g/l Bacto-tryptone, 24 g/l Bacto-yeast extract, 0.4% v/v glycerol, 17 mM KH₂PO₄, 72 mM K₂HPO₄) plus 100 mg/l ampicillin (i.e., TB-Amp₁₀₀) and incubated (without shaking) overnight at 37° C. After replicating the 96-well plate into a copy plate, 75 μl/well of filter-sterilized TB:glycerol (1:1, v/v; with, or without, 100 mg/l ampicillin) was added to the plate, it was shaken briefly at 100 rpm, 37° C., and then closed with Parafilm® (American National Can, Greenwich, Conn.) and placed in a −70° C. freezer for storage. Copy plates were grown and processed identically to the master plates. A total of 40 such master plates (and their copies) were prepared.

[0153] Screening of the Library with Radiolabeled DNA Probes

[0154] To prepare colony filters for probing with radioactively labeled probes, ten 96-well plates of the library were thawed at 25° C. (bench top at room temperature). A replica plating tool with 96 prongs was used to inoculate a fresh 96-well copy plate containing 75 μl/well of TB-Amp₁₀₀. The copy plate was grown overnight (stationary) at 37° C., then shaken about 30 min at 100 rpm at 37° C. A total of 800 colonies was represented in these copy plates, due to nongrowth of some isolates. The replica tool was used to inoculate duplicate impressions of the 96-well arrays onto Magna NT (MSI, Westboro, Mass.) nylon membranes (0.45 micron, 220×250 mm) which had been placed on solid LB-Amp₁₀₀ (100 ml/dish) in Bio-assay plastic dishes (Nunc, 243×243×18 mm; Curtin Mathison Scientific, Inc., Wood Dale, Ill.). The colonies were grown on the membranes at 37° C. for about 3 hr.

[0155] A positive control colony (a bacterial clone containing a GZ4 sequence insert, see below) was grown on a separate Magna NT membrane (Nunc, 0.45 micron, 82 mm circle) on LB medium supplemented with 35 mg/l chloramphenicol (i.e., LB-Cam₃₅), and processed alongside the library colony membranes. Bacterial colonies on the membranes were lysed, and the DNA was denatured and neutralized according to a protocol taken from the Genius™ System User's Guide version 2.0 (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, Ind.). Membranes were placed colony side up on filter paper soaked with 0.5 N NaOH plus 1.5 M NaCl for 15 min to denature, and neutralized on filter paper soaked with 1 M Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 1.5 M NaCl for 15 min. After UV-crosslinking using a Stratagene UV Stratalinker set on auto crosslink, the membranes were stored dry at 25° C. until use. Membranes were trimmed into strips containing the duplicate impressions of a single 96-well plate, then washed extensively by the method of section 6.4.1 in CPMB (op. cit.): 3 hr at 25° C. in 3×SSC, 0.1% (w/v) SDS, followed by 1 hr at 65° C. in the same solution, then rinsed in 2×SSC in preparation for the hybridization step (20×SSC=3 M NaCl, 0.3 M sodium citrate, pH 7.0).

[0156] Amplification of a Specific Genomic Fragment of a TcaC Gene

[0157] Based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence determined for the purified TcaC peptide fraction [disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:2], a pool of degenerate oligonucleotides (pool S4Psh) was synthesized by standard β-cyanoethyl chemistry on an Applied BioSystem ABI394 DNA/RNA Synthesizer (Perkin Elmer, Foster City, Calif.). The oligonucleotides were deprotected 8 hours at 55° C., dissolved in water, quantitated by spectrophotometric measurement, and diluted for use. This pool corresponds to the determined N-terminal amino acid sequence of the TcaC peptide. The determined amino acid sequence and the corresponding degenerate DNA sequence are given below, where A, C, G, and T are the standard DNA bases, and I represents inosine: Amino Met Gln Asp Ser Pro Glu Val Acid S4Psh 5′ ATG CA(A/G) GA(T/C) (T/A)(C/G)(T/A) CCI GA(A/G) GT 3′

[0158] Another set of degenerate oligonucleotides was synthesized (pool P2.3.5R), representing the complement of the coding strand for the determined amino acid sequence of the SEQ ID NO:17: Amino Ala Phe Asn Ile Asp Asp Val Acid Codons 5′ GCN TT(T/C) AA(T/C) AT(A/T/C) GA(T/C) GA(T/C) GT 3′ P2.3.5R 3′CG(A/C/G/T) AA(A/G) TT(A/G) TA(T/A/G) CT(A/G) CT(A/G) CA 5′

[0159] These oligonucleotides were used as primers in Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR®, Roche Molecular Systems, Branchburg, N.J.) to amplify a specific DNA fragment from genomic DNA prepared from Photorhabdus strain W-14 (see above). A typical reaction (50 μl) contained 125 pmol of each primer pool P2Psh and P2.3.5R, 253 ng of genomic template DNA, 10 nmol each of dATP, dCTP, dGTP, and dTTP, 1×GeneAmp® PCR buffer, and 2.5 units of AmpliTaq® DNA polymerase (both from Roche Molecular Systems; 10×GeneAmp® buffer is 100 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.3, 500 mM KCl, 0.01% w/v gelatin). Amplifications were performed in a Perkin Elmer Cetus DNA Thermal Cycler (Perkin Elmer, Foster City, Calif.) using 35 cycles of 94° C. (1.0 min), 55° C. (2.0 min), 72° C. (3.0 min), followed by an extension period of 7.0 min at 72° C. Amplification products were analyzed by electrophoresis through 2% w/v NuSieve® 3:1 agarose (FMC BioProducts) in TEA buffer (40 mM Tris-acetate, 2 mM EDTA, pH 8.0). A specific product of estimated size 250 bp was observed amongst numerous other amplification products by ethidium bromide (0.5 μg/ml) staining of the gel and examination under ultraviolet light.

[0160] The region of the gel containing an approximately 250 bp product was excised, and a small plug (0.5 mm dia.) was removed and used to supply template for PCR amplification (40 cycles). The reaction (50 μl) contained the same components as above, minus genomic template DNA. Following amplification, the ends of the fragments were made blunt and were phosphorylated by incubation at 25° C. for 20 min with 1 unit of T4 DNA polymerase (NEB), 1 nmol ATP, and 2.15 units of T4 kinase (Pharmacia Biotech Inc., Piscataway, N.J.).

[0161] DNA fragments were separated from residual primers by electrophoresis through 1% w/v GTG® agarose (FMC) in TEA. A gel slice containing fragments of apparent size 250 bp was excised, and the DNA was extracted using a Qiaex kit (Qiagen Inc., Chatsworth, Calif.).

[0162] The extracted DNA fragments were ligated to plasmid vector pBC KS(+) (Stratagene) that had been digested to completion with restriction enzyme Sma 1 and extracted in a manner similar to that described for pWE15 DNA above. A typical ligation reaction (16.3 μl) contained 100 ng of digested pBC KS(+) DNA, 70 ng of 250 bp fragment DNA, 1 nmol [Co(NH₃)₆]Cl₃, and 3.9 Weiss units of T4 DNA ligase (Collaborative Biomedical Products, Bedford, Mass.), in 1×ligation buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4; 10 MM MgCl₂; 10 mM dithiothreitol; 1 mM spermidine, 1 mM ATP, 100 mg/ml bovine serum albumin). Following overnight incubation at 14° C., the ligated products were transformed into frozen, competent Escherichia coli DH5α cells (Gibco BRL) according to the suppliers' recommendations, and plated on LB-Cam₃₅ plates, containing IPTG (119 μg/ml) and X-gal (50 μg/ml). Independent white colonies were picked, and plasmid DNA was prepared by a modified alkaline-lysis/PEG precipitation method (PRISM™ Ready Reaction DyeDeoxy™ Terminator Cycle Sequencing Kit Protocols; ABI/Perkin Elmer). The nucleotide sequence of both strands of the insert DNA was determined, using T7 primers [pBC KS(+) bases 601-623: TAAAACGACGGCCAGTGAGCGCG) and LacZ primers [pBC KS(+) bases 792-816: ATGACCATGATTACGCCAAGCGCGC) and protocols supplied with the PRISM™ sequencing kit (ABI/Perkin Elmer). Nonincorporated dye-terminator dideoxyribonucleotides were removed by passage through Centri-Sep 100 columns (Princeton Separations, Inc., Adelphia, N.J.) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The DNA sequence was obtained by analysis of the samples on an ABI Model 373A DNA Sequencer (ABI/Perkin Elmer). The DNA sequences of two isolates, GZ4 and HB14, were found to be as illustrated in FIG. 1.

[0163] This sequence illustrates the following features: 1) bases 1-20 represent one of the 64 possible sequences of the S4Psh degenerate oligonucleotides, ii) the sequence of amino acids 1-3 and 6-12 correspond exactly to that determined for the N-terminus of TcaC (disclosed as SEQ ID NO:2), iii) the fourth amino acid encoded is a cysteine residue rather than serine. This difference is encoded within the degeneracy for the serine codons (see above), iv) the fifth amino acid encoded is proline, corresponding to the TcaC N-terminal sequence given as SEQ ID NO:2, v) bases 257-276 encode one of the 192 possible sequences designed into the degenerate pool, vi) the TGA termination codon introduced at bases 268-270 is the result of complementarity to the degeneracy built into the oligonucleotide pool at the corresponding position, and does not indicate a shortened reading frame for the corresponding gene.

[0164] Labeling of a TcaC Peptide Gene-specific Probe

[0165] DNA fragments corresponding to the above 276 bases were amplified (35 cycles) by PCR® in a 100 μl reaction volume, using 100 pmol each of P2Psh and P2.3.5R primers, 10 ng of plasmids GZ4 or HB14 as templates, 20 nmol each of dATP, dCTP, dGTP, and dTTP, 5 units of AmpliTAq® DNA polymerase, and 1× concentration of GeneAmp® buffer, under the same temperature regimes as described above. The amplification products were extracted from a 1% GTG® agarose gel by Qiaex kit and quantitated by fluorometry.

[0166] The extracted amplification products from plasmid HB14 template (approximately 400 ng) were split into five aliquots and labeled with ³²P-dCTP using the High Prime Labeling Mix (Boehringer Mannheim) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Nonincorporated radioisotope was removed by passage through NucTrap® Probe Purification Columns (Stratagene), according to the supplier's instructions. The specific activity of the labeled DNA product was determined by scintillation counting to be 3.11×10⁸ dpm/μg. This labeled DNA was used to probe membranes prepared from 800 members of the genomic library.

[0167] Screening with a TcaC-peptide Gene Specific Probe

[0168] The radiolabeled HB14 probe was boiled approximately 10 min, then added to “minimal hyb” solution. [Note: The “minimal hyb” method is taken from a CERES protocol; “Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Laboratory Manual version 4.0”, sections 4-40 and 4-47; CERES/NPI, Salt Lake City, Utah. NPI is now defunct, with its successors operating as Linkage Genetics]. “Minimal hyb” solution contains 10% w/v PEG (polyethylene glycol, M.W. approx. 8000), 7% w/v SDS; 0.6×SSC, 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (from a 1M stock containing 95 g/l NaH₂PO.1H₂O and 84.5 g/l Na₂HPO₄.7H₂O), 5 mM EDTA, and 100 mg/ml denatured salmon sperm DNA. Membranes were blotted dry briefly then, without prehybridization, 5 strips of membrane were placed in each of 2 plastic boxes containing 75 ml of “minimal hyb” and 2.6 ng/ml of radiolabeled HB14 probe. These were incubated overnight with slow shaking (50 rpm) at 60° C. The filters were washed three times for approximately 10 min each at 25° C. in “minimal hyb wash solution” (0.25×SSC, 0.2%. SDS), followed by two 30-min washes with slow shaking at 60° C. in the same solution. The filters were placed on paper covered with Saran Wrap® (Dow Brands, Indianapolis, Ind.) in a light-tight autoradiographic cassette and exposed to X-Omat X-ray film (Kodak, Rochester, N.Y.) with two DuPont Cronex Lightning-Plus C1 enhancers (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.), for 4 hr at −70° C. Upon development (standard photographic procedures), significant signals were evident in both replicates amongst a high background of weaker, more irregular signals. The filters were again washed for about 4 hr at 68° C. in “minimal hyb wash solution” and then placed again in the cassettes and film was exposed overnight at −70° C. Twelve possible positives were identified due to strong signals on both of the duplicate 96-well colony impressions. No signal was seen with negative control membranes (colonies of XL1 Blue MR cells containing pWE15), and a very strong signal was seen with positive control membranes (DH5α cells containing the GZ4 isolate of the PCR product) that had been processed concurrently with the experimental samples.

[0169] The twelve putative hybridization-positive colonies were retrieved from the frozen 96-well library plates and grown overnight at 37° C. on solid LB-Amp₁₀₀ medium. They were then patched (3/plate, plus three negative controls: XL1 Blue MR cells containing the pWE15 vector) onto solid LB-Amp₁₀₀. Two sets of membranes (Magna NT nylon, 0.45 micron) were prepared for hybridization. The first set was prepared by placing a filter directly onto the colonies on a patch plate, then removing it with adherent bacterial cells, and processing as below. Filters of the second set were placed on plates containing LB-Amp₁₀₀ medium, then inoculated by transferring cells from the patch plates onto the filters. After overnight growth at 37° C., the filters were removed from the plates and processed.

[0170] Bacterial cells on the filters were lysed and DNA denatured by placing each filter colony-side-up on a pool (1.0 ml) of 0.5 N NaOH in a plastic plate for 3 min. The filters were blotted dry on a paper towel, then the process was repeated with fresh 0.5 N NaOH. After blotting dry, the filters were neutralized by placing each on a 1.0 ml pool of 1 M Tris-HCl, pH 7.5 for 3 min, blotted dry, and reneutralised with fresh buffer. This was followed by two similar soakings (5 min each) on pools of 0.5 M Tris-HCl pH 7.5 plus 1.5 M NaCl. After blotting dry, the DNA was UV crosslinked to the filter (as above), and the filters were washed (25° C., 100 rpm) in about 100 ml of 3×SSC plus 0.1%(w/v) SDS (4 times, 30 min each with fresh solution for each wash). They were then placed in a minimal volume of prehybridization solution [6×SSC plus 1% w/v each of Ficoll 400 (Pharmacia), polyvinylpyrrolidone (av. M.W. 360,000; Sigma ) and bovine serum albumin Fraction V; (Sigma)] for 2 hr at 65° C., 50 rpm. The prehybridization solution was removed, and replaced with the HB14 ³²P-labeled probe that had been saved from the previous hybridization of the library membranes and which had been denatured at 95° C. for 5 min. Hybridization was performed at 60° C. for 16 hr with shaking at 50 rpm.

[0171] Following removal of the labeled probe solution, the membranes were washed 3 times at 25° C. (50 rpm, 15 min) in 3×SSC (about 150 ml each wash). They were then washed for 3 hr at 68° C. (50 rpm) in 0.25×SSC plus 0.2% SDS (minimal hyb wash solution), and exposed to X-ray film as described above for 1.5 hr at 25° C. (no enhancer screens). This exposure revealed very strong hybridization signals to cosmid isolates 22G12, 25A10, 26A5, and 26B10, and a very weak signal with cosmid isolate 8B10. No signal was seen with the negative control (pWE15) colonies, and a very strong signal was seen with positive control membranes (DH5α cells containing the GZ4 isolate of the PCR product) that had been processed concurrently with the experimental samples.

[0172] Amplification of a Specific Genomic Fragment of a TcaB Gene

[0173] Based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence determined for the purified TcaB_(i) peptide fraction (disclosed here as SEQ ID NO:3) a pool of degenerate oligonucleotides (pool P8F) was synthesized as described for peptide TcaC. The determined amino acid sequence and the corresponding degenerate DNA sequence are given below, where A, C, G, and T are the standard DNA bases, and I represents inosine: Amino- Leu Phe Thr Gln Thr Leu Lys Glu Ala Arg Acid P8F 5′ TTT ACI CA(A/G) ACI (C/T)TI AAA GAA GCI (A/C)G 3′ (C/T)TI

[0174] Another set of degenerate oligonucleotides was synthesized (pool P8.108.3R), representing the complement of the coding strand for the determined amino acid sequence of the TcaB_(i)-PT108 internal peptide (disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:20): Amino Met Tyr Tyr Ile Gln Ala Gln Gln Acid Codons ATG TA(T/C) TA(T/C) AT(T/C/A) CA(A/G) GC(A/C/G/T) CA(A/G CA(A/G) P8.108.3R 3′ATCA/G) AT(A/G) TA(A/G/T) GT(T/C) CGI GT(T/C) GT 5′ TAG

[0175] These oligonucleotides were used as primers for PCR® using HotStart 50 Tubes™ (Molecular Bio-Products, Inc., San Diego, Calif.) to amplify a specific DNA fragment from genomic DNA prepared from Photorhabdus strain W-14 (see above). A typical reaction (50 μl) contained (bottom layer) 25 pmol of each primer pool P8F and P8.108.3R, with 2 nmol each of dATP, dCTP, dGTP, and dTTP, in 1×GeneAmp® PCR buffer, and (top layer) 230 ng of genomic template DNA, 8 nmol each of dATP, dCTP, dGTP, and dTTP, and 2.5 units of AmpliTaq® DNA polymerase, in 1×GeneAmp® PCR buffer. Amplifications were performed by 35 cycles as described for the TcaC peptide. Amplification products were analyzed by electrophoresis through 0.7% w/v SeaKem® LE agarose (FMC) in TEA buffer. A specific product of estimated size 1600 bp was observed.

[0176] Four such reactions were pooled, and the amplified DNA was extracted from a 1.0% SeaKem® LE gel by Qiaex kit as described for the TcaC peptide. The extracted DNA was used directly as the template for sequence determination (PRISM™ Sequencing Kit) using the P8F and P8.108.3R primer pools. Each reaction contained about 100 ng template DNA and 25 pmol of one primer pool, and was processed according to standard protocols as described for the TcaC peptide. An analysis of the sequence derived from extension of the P8F primers revealed the short DNA sequence (and encoded amino acid sequence): GAT GCA TTG NTT GCT Asp Ala Leu (Val) Ala

[0177] which corresponds to a portion of the N-terminal peptide sequence disclosed as SEQ ID NO:3 (TcaB_(i)).

[0178] Labeling of a TcaB_(i)-peptide Gene-specific Probe

[0179] Approximately 50 ng of gel-purified TcaB_(i) DNA fragment was labeled with ³²P-dCTP as described above, and nonincorporated radioisotopes were removed by passage through a NICK Column® (Pharmacia). The specific activity of the labelled DNA was determined to be 6×10⁹ dpm/μg. This labeled DNA was used to probe colony membranes prepared from members of the genomic library that had hybridized to the TcaC-peptide specific probe.

[0180] The membranes containing the 12 colonies identified in the TcaC-probe library screen (see above) were stripped of radioactive TcaC-specific label by boiling twice for approximately 30 min each time in 1 liter of 0.1×SSC plus 0.1% SDS. Removal of radiolabel was checked with a 6 hr film exposure. The stripped membranes were then incubated with the TcaB_(i) peptide-specific probe prepared above. The labeled DNA was denatured by boiling for 10 min, and then added to the filters that had been incubated for 1 hr in 100 ml of “minimal hyb” solution at 60° C. After overnight hybridization at this temperature, the probe solution was removed, and the filters were washed as follows (all in 0.3×SSC plus 0.1% SDS): once for 5 min at 25° C., once for 1 hr at 60° C. in fresh solution, and once for 1 hr at 63° C. in fresh solution. After 1.5 hr exposure to X-ray film by standard procedures, 4 strongly-hybridizing colonies were observed. These were, as with the TcaC-specific probe, isolates 22G12, 25A10, 26A5, and 26B10.

[0181] The same TcaB_(i) probe solution was diluted with an equal volume (about 100 ml) of “minimal hyb” solution, and then used to screen the membranes containing the 800 members of the genomic library. After hybridization, washing, and exposure to X-ray film as described above, only the four cosmid clones 22G12, 25A10, 26A5, and 26B10, were found to hybridize strongly to this probe.

[0182] Isolation of Subclones Containing Genes Encoding TcaC and YcaB_(i) Peptides, and Determination of DNA Base Sequence Thereof

[0183] Three hybridization-positive cosmids in strain XL1 Blue MR were grown with shaking overnight (200 rpm) at 30° C. in 100 ml TB-Amp₁₀₀. After harvesting the cells by centrifugation, cosmid DNA was prepared using a commercially available kit (BIGprep™, 5 Prime 3 Prime, Inc., Boulder, Colo.), following the manufacturer's protocols. Only one cosmid, 26A5, was successfully isolated by this procedure. When digested with restriction enzyme EcoR 1 (NEB) and analyzed by gel electrophoresis, fragments of approximate sizes 14, 10, 8 (vector), 5, 3.3, 2.9, and 1.5 kbp were detected. A second attempt to isolate cosmid DNA from the same three strains (8 ml cultures; TB-Amp₁₀₀, 30° C.) utilized a boiling miniprep method (Evans G. and G. Wahl., 1987, “Cosmid vectors for genomic walking and rapid restriction mapping.” in Guide to Molecular Cloning Techniques. Meth. Enzymology, Vol. 152, S. Berger and A. Kimmel, eds., pgs. 604-610). Only one cosmid, 25A10, was successfully isolated by this method. When digested with restriction enzyme EcoR I (NEB) and analyzed by gel electrophoresis, this cosmid showed a fragmentation pattern identical to that previously seen with cosmid 26A5.

[0184] A 0.15 μg sample of 26A5 cosmid DNA was used to transform 50 ml of E. coli DH5α cells (Gibco BRL), by the supplier's protocols. A single colony isolate of that strain was inoculated into 4 ml of TB-Amp₁₀₀, and grown for 8 hr at 37° C. Chloramphenicol was added to a final concentration of 225 μg/ml, incubation was continued for another 24 hr, then cells were harvested by centrifugation and frozen at −20° C. Isolation of the 26A5 cosmid DNA was by a standard alkaline lysis miniprep (Maniatis et al., op. cit., p. 382), modified by increasing all volumes by 50% and with stirring or gentle mixing, rather than vortexing, at every step. After washing the DNA pellet in 70% ethanol, it was dissolved in TE containing 25 μg/ml ribonuclease A (Boehringer Mannheim).

[0185] Identification of EcoR I Fragments Hybridizing to GZ4-derived and TcaB_(i)-Probes

[0186] Approximately 0.4 μg of cosmid 25A10 (from XL1 Blue MR cells) and about 0.5 μg of cosmid 26A5 (from chloramphenicol-amplified DH5α cells) were each digested with about 15 units of EcoR I(NEB) for 85 min, frozen overnight, then heated at 65° C. for five min, and electrophoresed in a 0.7% agarose gel (Seakem® LE, 1X TEA, 80 volts, 90 min). The DNA was stained with ethidium bromide as described above, and photographed under ultraviolet light. The EcoR I digest of cosmid 25A10 was a complete digestion, but the sample of cosmid 26A5 was only partially digested under these conditions. The agarose gel containing the DNA fragments was subjected to depurination, denaturation and neutralization, followed by Southern blotting onto a Magna NT nylon membrane, using a high salt (20×SSC) protocol, all as described in section 2.9 of Ausubel et al. (CPMB, op. cit.) The transferred DNA was then UV-crosslinked to the nylon membrane as before.

[0187] An TcaC-peptide specific DNA fragment corresponding to the insert of plasmid isolate GZ4 was amplified by PCR® in a 100 ml reaction volume as described previously above. The amplification products from three such reactions were pooled and were extracted from a 1% GTG® agarose gel by Qiaex kit, as described above, and quantitated by fluorometry. The gel-purified DNA (100 ng) was labeled with ³²p-dCTP using the High Prime Labeling Mix (Boehringer Mannheim) as described above, to a specific activity of 6.34×10⁸ dpm/μg.

[0188] The ³²P-labeled GZ4 probe was boiled 10 min, then added to “minimal hyb” buffer (at 1 ng/ml), and the Southern blot membrane containing the digested cosmid DNA fragments was added, and incubated for 4 hr at 60° C. with gentle shaking at 50 rpm. The membrane was then washed 3 times at 25° C. for about 5 min each (minimal hyb wash solution), followed by two washes for 30 min each at 60° C. The blot was exposed to film (with enhancer screens) for about 30 min at −70° C. The GZ4 probe hybridized strongly to the 5.0 kbp (apparent size) EcoR I fragment of both these two cosmids, 26A5 and 25A10.

[0189] The membrane was stripped of radioactivity by boiling for about 30 min in 0.1×SSC plus 0.1% SDS, and absence of radiolabel was checked by exposure to film. It was then hybridized at 60° C. for 3.5 hours with the (denatured) TcaB_(i) probe in “minimal hyb” buffer previously used for screening the colony membranes (above), washed as described previously, and exposed to film for 40 min at −70° C. with two enhancer screens. With both cosmids, the TcaB_(i) probe hybridized lightly with the about 5.0 kbp EcoR 1 fragment, and strongly with a fragment of approximately 2.9 kbp.

[0190] The sample of cosmid 26A5 DNA previously described, (from DH5α cells) was used as the source of DNA from which to subclone the bands of interest. This DNA (2.5 μg) was digested with about 3 units of EcoR I (NEB) in a total volume of 30 μl for 1.5 hr, to give a partial digest, as confirmed by gel electrophoresis. Ten μg of pBC KS (+) DNA (Stratagene) were digested for 1.5 hr with 20 units of EcoR I in a total volume of 20 μl, leading to total digestion as confirmed by electrophoresis. Both EcoR I-cut DNA preparations were diluted to 50 μl with water, to each an equal volume of PCI was added, the suspension was gently mixed, spun in a microcentrifuge and the aqueous supernatant was collected. DNA was precipitated by 150 μl ethanol, and the mixture was placed at −20° C. overnight. Following centrifugation and drying, the EcoR I-digested pBC KS (+) was dissolved in 100 μl TE; the partially digested 26A5 was dissolved in 20 μl TE. DNA recovery was checked by fluorometry.

[0191] In separate reactions, approximately 60 ng of EcoR I-digested pBC KS(+) DNA was ligated with approximately 180 ng or 270 ng of partially digested cosmid 26A5 DNA. Ligations were carried out in a volume of 20 μl at 15° C. for 5 hr, using T4 ligase and buffer from New England BioLabs. The ligation mixture, diluted to 100 μl with sterile TE, was used to transform frozen, competent DH5α cells (Gibco BRL) according to the supplier's instructions. Varying amounts (25-200 μl) of the transformed cells were plated on freshly prepared solid LB-Cam₃₅ medium with 1 mM IPTG and 50 mg/l X-gal. Plates were incubated at 37° C. about 20 hr, then chilled in the dark for approximately 3 hr to intensify color for insert selection. White colonies were picked onto patch plates of the same composition and incubated overnight at 37° C.

[0192] Two colony lifts of each of the selected patch plates were prepared as follows. After picking white colonies to fresh plates, round Magna NT nylon membranes were pressed onto the patch plates, the membrane was lifted off, and subjected to denaturation, neutralization and UV crosslinking as described above for the library colony membranes. The crosslinked colony lifts were vigorously washed, including gently wiping off the excess cell debris with a tissue. One set was hybridized with the GZ4 (TcaC) probe solution described earlier, and the other set was hybridized with the TcaB_(i) probe solution described earlier, according to the ‘minimal hyb’ protocol, followed by washing and film exposure as described for the library colony membranes.

[0193] Colonies showing hybridization signals either only with the GZ4 probe, with both GZ4 and TcaB_(i) probes, or only with the TcaB_(i) probe, were selected for further work and cells were streaked for single colony isolation onto LB-Cam₃₅ media with IPTG and X-gal as before. Approximately 35 single colonies, from 16 different isolates, were picked into liquid LB-Cam₃₅ media and grown overnight at 37° C.; the cells were collected by centrifugation and plasmid DNA was isolated by a standard alkaline lysis miniprep according to Maniatis et al. (op. cit. p. 368). DNA pellets were dissolved in TE+25 μg/ml ribonuclease A and DNA concentration was determined by fluorometry. The EcoR I digestion pattern was analyzed by gel electrophoresis. The following isolates were picked as useful. Isolate A17.2 contains religated pBC KS(+) only and was used for a (negative) control. Isolates D38.3 and C44.1 each contain only the 2.9 kbp, TcaB_(i)-hybridizing EcoR I fragment inserted into pBC KS(+). These plasmids, named pDAB2000 and pDAB2001, respectively, are illustrated in FIG. 2.

[0194] Isolate A35.3 contains only the approximately 5 kbp, GZ4)-hybridizing EcoR 1 fragment, inserted into pBC KS(+). This plasmid was named pDAB2002 (also FIG. 2). These isolates provided templates for DNA sequencing.

[0195] Plasmids pDAB2000 and pDAB2001 were prepared using the BIGprep™ kit as before. Cultures (30 ml) were grown overnight in TB-Cam₃₅ to an OD₆₀₀ of 2, then plasmid was isolated according to the manufacturer's directions. DNA pellets were redissolved in 100 μl TE each, and sample integrity was checked by EcoR I digestion and gel electrophoretic analysis.

[0196] Sequencing reactions were run in duplicate, with one replicate using as template pDAB2000 DNA, and the other replicate using as template pDAB2001 DNA. The reactions were carried out using the dideoxy dye terminator cycle sequencing method, as described above for the sequencing of the GZ4/HB14 DNAs. Initial sequencing runs utilized as primers the LacZ and T7 primers described above, plus primers based on the determined sequence of the TcaB_(i) PCR amplification product (TH1=ATTGCAGACTGCCAATCGCTTCGG, TH12=GAGAGTATCCAGACCGCGGATGATCTG).

[0197] After alignment and editing of each sequencing output, each was truncated to between 250 to 350 bases, depending on the integrity of the chromatographic data as interpreted by the Perkin Elmer Applied Biosystems Division SeqEd 675 software. Subsequent sequencing “steps” were made by selecting appropriate sequence for new primers. With a few exceptions, primers (synthesized as described above) were 24 bases in length with a 50% G+C composition. Sequencing by this method was carried out on both strands of the approximately 2.9 kbp EcoR I fragment.

[0198] To further serve as template for DNA sequencing, plasmid DNA from isolate pDAB2002 was prepared by BIGprep® kit. Sequencing reactions were performed and analyzed as described above. Initially, a T3 primer (pBS SK (+) bases 774-796: CGCGCAATTAACCCTCACTAAAG) and a T7 primer (pBS KS (+) bases 621-643: GCGCGTAATACGACTCACTATAG) were used to prime the sequencing reactions from the flanking vector sequences, reading into the insert DNA. Another set of primers, (GZ4F: GTATCGATTACAACGCTGTCACTTCCC; TH13: GGGAAGTGACAGCGTTGTAATCGATAC; TH14: ATGTTGGGTGCGTCGGCTAATGGACATAAC; and LW1-204: GGGAAGTGACAGCGTTGTAATCGATAC) was made to prime from internal sequences, which were determined previously by degenerate oligonucleotide-mediated sequencing of subcloned TcaC-peptide PCR products. From the data generated during the initial rounds of sequencing, new sets of primers were designed and used to walk the entire length of the about 5 kbp fragment. A total of 55 oligo primers was used, enabling the identification of 4832 total bp of contiguous sequence.

[0199] When the DNA sequence of the EcoR I fragment insert of pDAB2002 is combined with part of the determined sequence of the pDAB2000/pDAB2001 isolates, a total contiguous sequence of 6005 bp was generated (disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:25). When long open reading frames were translated into the corresponding amino acids, the sequence clearly shows the TcaB_(i) N-terminal peptide (disclosed as SEQ ID NO:3), encoded by bases 68-124, immediately following a methionine residue (start of translation). Upstream lies a potential ribosome binding site (bases 51-58), and downstream, at bases 215-277 is encoded the TcaB_(i)-PT158 internal peptide (disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:19). Further downstream, in the same reading frame, at bases 1787-1822, exists a sequence encoding the TcaB_(i)-PT108 internal peptide (disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:20). Also in the same reading frame, at bases 1946-1972, is encoded the TcaB_(ii) N-terminal peptide (disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:5), and the reading frame continues uninterrupted to a translation termination codon at nucleotides 3632-3634.

[0200] The lack of an in-frame stop codon between the end of the sequence encoding TcaB_(i)-PT108 and the start of the TcaB_(ii) encoding region, and the lack of a discernible ribosome binding site immediately upstream of the TcaB_(ii) coding region, indicate that peptides TcaB_(ii) and TcaB_(i) are encoded by a single open reading frame of 3567 bp beginning at base pair 65 in SEQ ID NO:25), and are most likely derived from a single primary gene product TcaB of 1189 amino acids (131,586 Daltons; disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:26) by post-translational cleavage. If the amino acid immediately preceding the TcaB_(ii) N-terminal peptide represents the C-terminal amino acid of peptide TcaB_(i), then the predicted mass of TcaB_(ii) (627 amino acids) is 70,814 Daltons (disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:28), somewhat higher than the size observed by SDS-PAGE (68 kDa). This peptide would be encoded by a contiguous stretch of 1881 base pairs (disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:27). It is thought that the native C-terminus of TcaB_(i) lies somewhat closer to the C-terminus of TcaB_(i)-PT108. The molecular mass of PT108 [3.438 kDa; determined during N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis of this peptide] predicts a size of 30 amino acids. Using the size of this peptide to designate the C-terminus of the TcaB_(i) coding region [Glu at position 604 of SEQ ID NO:28], the derived size of TcaB_(i) is determined to be 604 amino acids or 68,463 Daltons, more in agreement with experimental observations.

[0201] Translation of the TcaB_(ii) peptide coding region of 1686 base pairs (disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:29) yields a protein of 562 amino acids (disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:30) with predicted mass of 60,789 Daltons, which corresponds well with the observed 61 kDa.

[0202] A potential ribosome binding site (bases 3682-3687) is found 48 bp downstream of the stop codon for the tcaB open reading frame. At bases 3694-3726 is found a sequence encoding the N-terminus of peptide TcaC, (disclosed as SEQ ID NO.2). The open reading frame initiated by this N-terminal peptide continues uninterrupted to base 6005 (2361 base pairs, disclosed herein as the first 2361 base pairs of SEQ ID NO.31). A gene (tcaC) encoding the entire TcaC peptide, (apparent size about 165 kDa; about 1500 amino acids), would comprise about 4500 bp.

[0203] Another isolate containing cloned EcoR I fragments of cosmid 26A5, E20.6, was also identified by its homology to the previously mentioned GZ4 and TcaB_(i) probes. Agarose gel analysis of EcoR I digests of the DNA of the plasmid harbored by this strain (pDAB2004, FIG. 2), revealed insert fragments of estimated sizes 2.9, 5, and 3.3 kbp. DNA sequence analysis initiated from primers designed from the sequence of plasmid pDAB2002 revealed that the 3.3 kbp EcoR I fragment of pDAB2004 lies adjacent to the 5 kbp EcoR I fragment represented in pDAB2002. The 2361 base pair open reading frame discovered in pDAB2002 continues uninterrupted for another 2094 bases in pDAB2004 [disclosed herein as base pairs 2362 to 4458 of SEQ ID NO:31]. DNA sequence analysis using the parent cosmid 26A5 DNA as template confirmed the continuity of the open reading frame. Altogether, the open reading frame (tcaC SEQ ID NO:31) comprises 4455 base pairs, and encodes a protein (TcaC) of 1485 amino acids [disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:32]. The calculated molecular size of 166,214 Daltons is consistent with the estimated size of the TcaC peptide (165 kDa), and the derived amino acid sequence matches exactly that disclosed for the TcaC N-terminal sequence [SEQ ID NO:2].

[0204] The lack of an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ ID NO:17; used to design the degenerate oligonucleotide primer pool in the discovered sequence indicates that the generation of the PCR® products found in isolates GZ4 and HB14, which were used as probes in the initial library screen, were fortuitously generated by reverse-strand priming by one of the primers in the degenerate pool. Further, the derived protein sequence does not include the internal fragment disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:18. These sequences reveal that plasmid pDAB2004 contains the complete coding region for the TcaC peptide.

[0205] Further analysis of SEQ ID NO:25 reveals the end of an open reading frame (bases 1-43), which encodes the final 13 amino acids of the TcaA_(iii) peptide, disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:35. Only 24 bases separate the end of the TcaA_(iii) coding region and the start of the TcaB_(i) coding region. Included within the 24 bases are sequences that may serve as a ribosome binding site. Although possible, it is not likely that a Photorhabdus gene promoter is encoded within this short region. We propose that genomic region tca, which includes three long open reading frames [tcaA (SEQ ID NO:33), tcaB (SEQ ID NO:25, bases 65-36334), and tcaC (SEQ ID NO:31),which is separated from the end of tcaB by only 59 bases] is regulated as an operon, with transcription initiating upstream of the start of the tcaA gene (SEQ ID NO:33), and resulting in a polycistronic messenger RNA.

EXAMPLE 9 Screening of the Photorhabdus Genomic Library for Genes Encoding the TcbA_(ii) Peptide

[0206] This example describes a method used to identify DNA clones that contain the TcbA_(ii) peptide-encoding genes, the isolation of the gene, and the determination of its partial DNA base sequence.

[0207] Primers and PCR Reactions

[0208] The TcbA_(ii) polypeptide of the insect active preparation is about 206 kDa. The amino acid sequence of the N-terminus of this peptide is disclosed as SEQ ID NO:1. Four pools of degenerate oligonucleotide primers (“Forward primers”: TH-4, TH-5, TH-6, and TH-7) were synthesized to encode a portion of this amino acid sequence, as described in Example 8, and are shown below. TABLE 12 Amino Acid Phe Ile Gln Gly Tyr Ser Asp Leu Phe TH-4 5′-TT(T/C) ATI CA(A/G) GGI TACT/C) TCI GA(T/C) CTI TT-3′ TH-5 5′-TT(T/C) ATI CA(A/G) GGI TACT/C) AG(T/C) GA(T/C) CTI TT-3′ TH-6 5′-TT(T/C) ATI CA(A/G) GGI TACT/C) TCI GA(T/C) TT(A/G) TT-3′ TH-7 5′-TT(T/C) ATI CA(A/G) GGI TA(T/C) AG(T/C) GA(T/C) TT(A/G) TT-3′

[0209] In addition, a primary (“a”) and a secondary (“b”) sequence of an internal peptide preparation (TcbA_(ii)-PT81) have been determined and are disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:23 and SEQ ID NO:24, respectively. Four pools of degenerate oligonucleotides (“Reverse Primers”: TH-8, TH-9, TH-10 and TH-11) were similarly designed and synthesized to encode the reverse complement of sequences that encode a portion of the peptide of SEQ ID NO:23, as shown below. TABLE 13 Amino Acid Thr Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln Val Ala Asn TH-8 3′TGI AT(A/G) GAI TGI AGI AA(A/G) CT(T/C) GT(T/C) CAI CGI TT(G/A)-5′ TH-9 3′TGI AT(A/G) TT(A/G) TGI AGI AA(A/G) CT(T/C) GT(T/C) CAT CGI TT(G/A)-5′ TH-10 3′TGI AT(A/G) GAI TGI TC(G/A) AA(A/G) CT(T/C) GT(T/C) CAT CGI TT(G/A)-5′ TH-11 3′TGI ATCA/G) TT(A/G) TGI TC(G/A) AA(A/G) CT(T/C) GT(T/C) CAT CGI TT(G/A)-5′

[0210] Sets of these primers were used in PCR® reactions to amplify TcbA_(ii)-encoding gene fragments from the genomic Photorhabdus luminescens W-14 DNA prepared in Example 6. All PCR® reactions were run with the “Hot Start” technique using AmpliWax™ gems and other Perkin Elmer reagents and protocols. Typically, a mixture (total volume 11 μl) of MgCl₂, dNTP's, 10×GeneAmp® PCR Buffer II, and the primers were added to tubes containing a single wax bead. [10×GeneAmp® PCR Buffer II is composed of 100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.3; and 500 mM KCl.] The tubes were heated to 80° C. for 2 minutes and allowed to cool. To the top of the wax seals, a solution containing 10×GeneAmp® PCR Buffer II, DNA template, and AmpliTaq® DNA polymerase were added. Following melting of the wax seal and mixing of components by thermal cycling, final reaction conditions (volume of 50 μl) were: 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.3; 50 mM KCl; 2.5 mM MgCl₂; 200 μM each in dATP, dCTP, dGTP, dTTP; 1.25 mM in a single Forward primer pool; 1.25 μM in a single Reverse primer pool, 1.25 units of AmpliTaq® DNA polymerase, and 170 ng of template DNA.

[0211] The reactions were placed in a thermocycler (as in Example 8) and run with the following program: TABLE 14 Temperature Time Cycle Repetition 94° C. 2 minutes  1X 94° C. 15 seconds 55-65° C. 30 seconds 30X 72° C. 1 minute  72° C. 7 minutes  1X 15° C. Constant

[0212] A series of amplifications was run at three different annealing temperatures (55°, 60°, 65° C.) using the degenerate primer pools. Reactions with annealing at 65° C. had no amplification products visible following agarose gel electrophoresis. Reactions having a 60° C. annealing regime and containing primers TH-5+TH-10 produced an amplification product that had a mobility corresponding to 2.9 kbp. A lesser amount of the 2.9 kbp product was produced under these conditions with primers TH-7+TH-10. When reactions were annealed at 55° C., these primer pairs produced more of the 2.9 kbp product, and this product was also produced by primer pairs TH-5+TH-8 and TH-5+TH-11. Additional very faint 2.9 kbp bands were seen in lanes containing amplification products from primer pairs TH-7 plus TH-8, TH-9, TH-10, or TH11.

[0213] To obtain sufficient PCR amplification product for cloning and DNA sequence determination, 10 separate PCR reactions were set up using the primers TH-5+TH-10, and were run using the above conditions with a 55° C. annealing temperature. All reactions were pooled and the 2.9 kbp product was purified by Qiaex extraction from an agarose gel as described above.

[0214] Additional sequences determined for TcbA_(ii) internal peptides are disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:21 and SEQ ID NO:22. As before, degenerate oligonucleotides (Reverse primers TH-17 and TH-18) were made corresponding to the reverse complement of sequences that encode a portion of the amino acid sequence of these peptides. TABLE 15 From SEQ ID NO:21 Amino Acid Met Glu Thr Gln Asn Ile Gln Glu Pro TH-17 3′-TAC CTT/C TGI GTT/C TTA/G TAI GTT/C GTT/C GG-5′

[0215] TABLE 16 From SEQ ID NO:22 Amino Acid Asn Pro Ile Asn Ile Asn Thr Gly Ile Asp Th-18 3′-TT(A/G) GGI TAI TT(A/G) TAI TTCA?G) TGI CCI TAI CT(A/G)-5′

[0216] Degenerate oligonucleotides TH-18 and TH-17 were used in an amplification experiment with Photorhabdus luminescens W-14 DNA as template and primers TH-4, TH-5, TH-6, or TH-7 as the 5′-(Forward) primers. These reactions amplified products of approximately 4 kbp and 4.5 kbp, respectively. These DNAs were transferred from agarose gels to nylon membranes and hybridized with a ³²P-labeled probe (as described above) prepared from the 2.9 kbp product amplified by the TH-5+TH10 primer pair. Both the 4 kbp and the 4.5 kbp amplification products hybridized strongly to the 2.9 kbp probe. These results were used to construct a map ordering the TcbA_(ii) internal peptide sequences as shown in FIG. 3. Approximate distances between the primers are shown in nucleotides in FIG. 3.

[0217] DNA Sequence of the 2.9 kbp TcbA_(ii)-encoding Fragment

[0218] Approximately 200 ng of the purified 2.9 kbp fragment (prepared above) was precipitated with ethanol and dissolved in 17 ml of water. One-half of this was used as sequencing template with 25 pmol of the TH-5 pool as primers, the other half was used as template for TH-10 priming. Sequencing reactions were as given in Example 8. No reliable sequence was produced using the TH-10 primer pool; however, reactions with TH-5 primer pool produced the sequence disclosed below:. 1 AATCGTGTTG ATCCCTATGC CGNGCCCGGT TCGGTGGAAT CGATGTCCTC ACCGGGGGTT 61 TATTNGAGGG ANTNGTCCCG TGAGGCCAAA AANTGGAATG AAAGAAGTTC AATTTNTTAC 121 CTAGATAAAC GTCGCCCGGN TTTAGAAAGN TTANTGNTCA GCCAGAAAAT TTTGGTTGAG 181 GAAATTCCAC CGNTGGTTCT CTCTATTGAT TNGGGCCTGG CCGGGTTCGA ANNAAAACNA 241 GGAAATNCAC AAGTTGAGGT GATGGNTTTG TNGCNANCTT NTCGTTTAGG TGGGGAGAAA 301 CCTTNTCANC ACGNTTNTGA AACTGTCCGG GAAATCGTCC ATGAMCGTGA NCCAGGNTTN 361 CGCCATTGG

[0219] Based on this sequence, a sequencing primer (TH-21, 5′-CCGGGCGACGTTTATCTAGG-3′) was designed to reverse complement bases 120-139, and initiate polymerization towards the 5′ end (i.e., TH-5 end) of the gel-purified 2.9 kbp TcbA_(ii)-encoding PCR fragment. The determined sequence is shown below, and is compared to the biochemically determined N-terminal peptide sequence of TcbA_(ii) SEQ ID NO:1.

[0220] TcbA_(ii) 2.9 kbp PCR Fragment Sequence Confirmation [Underlined Amino Acids=Encoded by Degenerate Oligonucleotides] F   I   O   G   Y   S   D   L   F   G   -   -   A SEQ ID NO:1         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 2.9 kbp seq GC ATG CAG GGG TAT AGT GAC CTG TTT GGT AAT CGT GCT     M   Q   G   Y   S   D   L   F   G   N   R   A >

[0221] From the homology of the derived amino acid sequence to the biochemically determined one, it is clear that the 2.9 kbp PCR fragment represents the TcbA coding region. This 2.9 kbp fragment was then used as a hybridization probe to screen the Photorhabdus W-14 genomic library prepared in Example 8 for cosmids containing the TcbA_(ii)-encoding gene.

[0222] Screening the Photorhabdus Cosmid Library

[0223] The 2.9 kb gel-purified PCR fragment was labeled with ³²P using the Boehringer Mannheim High Prime labeling kit as described in Example 8. Filters containing remnants of approximately 800 colonies from the cosmid library were screened as described previously (Example 8), and positive clones were streaked for isolated colonies and rescreened. Three clones (8A11, 25G8, and 26D1) gave positive results through several screening and characterization steps. No hybridization of the TcbA_(ii)-specific probe was ever observed with any of the four cosmids identified in Example 8, and which contain the tcab and tcaC genes. DNA from cosmids 8A11, 25G8, and 26D1 was digested with restriction enzymes Bgl II, EcoR I or Hind III (either alone or in combination with one another), and the fragments were separated on an agarose gel and transferred to a nylon membrane as described in Example 8. The membrane was hybridized with ³²P-labeled probe prepared from the 4.5 kbp fragment (generated by amplification of Photorhabdus genomic DNA with primers TH-5+TH-17). The patterns generated from cosmid DNAs 8A11 and 26D1 were identical to those generated with similarly-cut genomic DNA on the same membrane. It is concluded that cosmids 8A11 and 26D1 are accurate representations of the genomic TcbA_(ii) encoding locus. However, cosmid 25G8 has a single Bgl II fragment which is slightly larger than the genomic DNA. This may result from positioning of the insert within the vector.

[0224] DNA Sequence of the tcbA-encoding Gene

[0225] The membrane hybridization analysis of cosmid 26D1 revealed that the 4.5 kbp probe hybridized to a single large EcoR I fragment (greater than 9 kbp). This fragment was gel purified and ligated into the EcoR I site of pBC KS (+) as described in Example 8, to generate plasmid pBC-S1/R1. The partial DNA sequence of the insert DNA of this plasmid was determined by “primer walking” from the flanking vector sequence, using procedures described in Example 8. Further sequence was generated by extension from new oligonucleotides designed from the previously determined sequence. When compared to the determined DNA sequence for the tcbA gene identified by other methods (disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:11 as described in Example 12 below), complete homology was found to nucleotides 1-272, 319-826, 2578-3036, and 3068-3540 (total bases=1712). It was concluded that both approaches can be used to identify DNA fragments encoding the TcbA_(ii) peptide.

[0226] Analysis of the Derived Amino Acid Sequence of the tcbA Gene

[0227] The sequence of the DNA fragment identified as SEQ ID NO:11 encodes a protein whose derived amino acid sequence is disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:12. Several features verify the identity of the gene as that encoding the TcbA_(ii) protein. The TcbA_(ii) N-terminal peptide (SEQ ID NO:1; Phe Ile Gln Gly Tyr Ser Asp Leu Phe Gly Asn Arg Ala) is encoded as amino acids 88-100. The TcbA_(ii) internal peptide TcbA_(ii)-PT81(a) (SEQ ID NO:23) is encoded as amino acids 1065-1077, and TcbA_(ii)-PT81 (b) (SEQ ID NO:24) is encoded as amino acids 1571-1592. Further, the internal peptide TcbA_(ii)-PT56 (SEQ ID NO:22) is encoded as amino acids 1474-1488, and the internal peptide TcbA_(ii)-PT103 (SEQ ID NO:21) is encoded as amino acids 1614-1639. It is obvious that this gene is an authentic clone encoding the TcbA_(ii) peptide as isolated from insecticidal protein preparations of Photorhabdus luminescens strain W-14.

[0228] The protein isolated as peptide TcbA_(ii) is derived from cleavage of a longer peptide. Evidence for this is provided by the fact that the nucleotides encoding the TcbA_(ii) N-terminal peptide SEQ ID NO:1 are preceded by 261 bases (encoding 87 N-terminal-proximal amino acids) of a longer open reading frame (SEQ ID NO:11). This reading frame begins with nucleotides that encode the amino acid sequence Met Gln Asn Ser Leu, which corresponds to the N-terminal sequence of the large peptide TcbA, and is disclosed herein as SEQ ID NO:16. It is thought that TcbA is the precursor protein for TcbA_(ii).

[0229] Relationship of tcbA, tcaB and tcaC Genes

[0230] The tcaB and tcaC genes are closely linked and may be transcribed as a single mRNA (Example 8). The tcbA gene is borne on cosmids that apparently do not overlap the ones harboring the tcaB and tcaC cluster, since the respective genomic library screens identified different cosmids. However, comparison of the amino sequences encoded by the tcab and tcaC genes with the tcbA gene reveals a substantial degree of homology. The amino acid conservation (Protein Alignment Mode of MacVector™ Sequence Analysis Software, scoring matrix pam250, hash value=2; Oxford Molecular Group, Campbell, Calif.) is shown in FIG. 4. On the score line of each panel in FIG. 4, up carats ({circumflex over ( )}) indicate homology or conservative amino acid changes, and down carats (v) indicate nonhomology.

[0231] This analysis shows that the amino acid sequence of the TcbA peptide from residues 1739 to 1894 is highly homologous to amino acids 441 to 603 of the TcaB_(i) peptide (162 of the total 627 amino acids of TcaB; SEQ ID NO:28). In addition, the sequence of TcbA amino acids 1932 to 2459 is highly homologous to amino acids 12 to 531 of peptide TcaB_(ii) (520 of the total 562 amino acids; SEQ ID NO:30). Considering that the TcbA peptide (SEQ ID NO:12) comprises 2505 amino acids, a total of 684 amino acids (27%) at the C-proximal end of it is homologous to the TcaB_(i) or TcaB_(ii) peptides, and the homologies are arranged colinear to the arrangement of the putative TcaB preprotein (SEQ ID NO:26). A sizeable gap in the TcbA homology coincides with the junction between the TcaB_(i) and TcaB_(ii) portions of the TcaB preprotein. Clearly the TcbA and TcaB gene products are evolutionarily related, and it is proposed that they share some common function(s) in Photorhabdus.

Example 10 Characterization of Zinc-metalloproteases in Photorhabdus Broth: Protease Inhibition, Classification, and Purification

[0232] Protease Inhibition and Classification Assays: Protease assays were performed using FITC-casein dissolved in water as substrate (0.08% final assay concentration). Proteolysis reactions were performed at 25° C. for 1 h in the appropriate buffer with 25 μl of Photorhabdus broth (150 μl total reaction volume). Samples were also assayed in the presence and absence of dithiothreitol. After incubation, an equal volume of 12% trichloroacetic acid was added to precipitate undigested protein. Following precipitation for 0.5 h and subsequent centrifugation, 100 μl of the supernatant was placed into a 96-well microtiter plate and the pH of the solution was adjusted by addition of an equal volume of 4N NaOH. Proteolysis was then quantitated using a Fluoroskan II fluorometric plate reader at excitation and emission wavelengths of 485 and 538 nm, respectively. Protease activity was tested over a range from pH 5.0-10.0 in 0.5 units increments. The following buffers were used at 50 mM final concentration: sodium acetate (pH 5.0-6.5); Tris-HCL (pH 7.0-8.0); and bis-Tris propane (pH 8.5-10.0). To identify the class of protease(s) observed, crude broth was treated with a variety of protease inhibitors (0.5 μg/μl final concentration) and then examined for protease activity at pH 8.0 using the substrate described above. The protease inhibitors used included E-64 (L-trans-expoxysaccinylleucylamido[4-,-guanidino]-butane), 3,4 dichloroisocoumarin, Leupeptin, pepstatin, amastatin, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and 1,10 phenanthroline.

[0233] Protease assays performed over a pH range revealed that indeed protease(s) were present which exhibited maximal activity at about pH 8.0 (Table 17). Addition of DTT did not have any effect on protease activity. Crude broth was then treated with a variety of protease inhibitors (Table 18). Treatment of crude broth with the inhibitors described above revealed that 1,10 phenanthroline caused complete inhibition of all protease activity when added at a final concentration of 50 μg, with the IC₅₀=5 μg in 100 μl of a 2 mg/ml crude broth solution. These data indicate that the most abundant protease(s) found in the Photorhabdus broth are from the zinc-metalloprotease class of enzymes. TABLE 17 Effect of pH on the Protease Activity Found in a Day 1 Production of Photorhabdus luminescens (Strain W-14) Percent pH Flu. Units^(a) Activity^(b) 5.0 3013 ± 78  17 5.5 7994 ± 448 45 6.0 12965 ± 483  74 6.5 14390 ± 1291 82 7.0 14386 ± 1287 82 7.5 14135 ± 198  80 8.0 17582 ± 831  100 8.5 16183 ± 953  92 9.0 16795 ± 760  96 9.5 16279 ± 1022 93 10.0 15225 ± 210  87

[0234] TABLE 18 Effect of Different Protease Inhibitors on the Protease Activity at pH 8 Found in a Day 1 Production of Photorhabdus luminescens (Strain W-14) Inhibitor Corrected Flu. Units^(a) Percent Inhibition^(b) Control 13053 0 E-64 14259 0 1,10 Phenanthroline^(c) 15 99 3,4 Dichloroisocoumarin^(d) 7956 39 Leupeptin 13074 0 Pepstatin^(c) 13441 0 Amastatin 12474 4 DMSO Control 12005 8 Methanol Control 12125 7

[0235] The isolation of a zinc-metalloprotease was performed by applying dialyzed 10-80% ammonium sulfate pellet to a Q Sepharose column equilibrated at 50 mM Na₂PO₄, pH 7.0 as described in Example 5 for Photorhabdus toxin. After extensive washing, a 0 to 0.5 M NaCl gradient was used to elute toxin protein. The majority of biological activity and protein was eluted from 0.15-0.45 M NaCl. However, it was observed that the majority of proteolytic activity was present in the 0.25-0.35 M NaCl fraction with some activity in the 0.15-0.25 M NaCl fraction. SDS PAGE analysis of the 0.25-0.35 M NaCl fraction showed a major peptide band of approximately 60 kDa. The 0.15-0.25 M NaCl fraction contained a similar 60 kDa band but at lower relative protein concentration. Subsequent gel filtration of this fraction using a Superose 12 HR 16/50 column resulted in a major peak migrating at 57.5 kDa that contained a predominant (>90% of total stained protein) 58.5 kDa band by SDS PAGE analysis. Additional analysis of this fraction using various protease inhibitors as described above determined that the protease was a zinc-metalloprotease. Nearly all of the protease activity present in Photorhabdus broth at day 1 of fermentation corresponded to the about 58 kDa zinc-metalloprotease.

[0236] In yet a second isolation of zinc-metalloprotease(s), W-14 Photorhabdus broth grown for three days was taken and protease activity was visualized using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) laced with gelatin as described in Schmidt, T. M., Bleakley, B. and Nealson, K. M. 1988. SDS running gels (5.5×8 cm) were made with 12.5% polyacrylamide (40% stock solution of acrylamide/bis-acrylamide; Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.) into which 0.1% gelatin final concentration (Biorad EIA grade reagent; Richmond Calif.) was incorporated upon dissolving in water. SDS-stacking gels (1.0×8 cm) were made with 5% polyacrylamide, also laced with 0.1% gelatin. Typically, 2.5 μg of protein to be tested was diluted in 0.03 ml of SDS-PAGE loading buffer without dithiothreitol (DTT) and loaded onto the gel. Proteins were electrophoresed in SDS running buffer (Laemmli, U.K. 1970. Nature 227, 680) at 0° C. and at 8 mA. After electrophoresis was complete, the gel was washed for 2 h in 2.5% (v/v) Triton X-100. Gels were then incubated for 1 h at 37° C. in 0.1 M glycine (pH 8.0). After incubation, gels were fixed and stained overnight with 0.1% amido black in methanol-acetic acid-water (30:10:60, vol./vol./vol.; Sigma Chemical Co.). Protease activity was visualized as light areas against a dark, amido black stained background due to proteolysis and subsequent diffusion of incorporated gelatin. At least three distinct bands produced by proteolytic activity at 58-, 41-, and 38 kDa were observed.

[0237] Activity assays of the different proteases in W-14 day three culture broth were performed using FITC-casein dissolved in water as substrate (0.02% final assay concentration). Proteolysis experiments were performed at 37° C. for 0-0.5 h in 0.1M Tris-HCl (pH 8.0) with different protein fractions in a total volume of 0.15 ml. Reactions were terminated by addition of an equal volume of 12% trichloroacetic acid (TCA) dissolved in water. After incubation at room temperature for 0.25 h, samples were centrifuged at 10,000×g for 0.25 h and 0.10 ml aliquots were removed and placed into 96-well microtiter plates. The solution was then neutralized by the addition of an equal volume of 2 N sodium hydroxide, followed by quantitation using a Fluoroskan II fluorometric plate reader with excitation and emission wavelengths of 485 and 538 nm, respectively. Activity measurements were performed using FITC-Casein with different protease concentrations at 37° C. for 0-10 min. A unit of activity was arbitrarily defined as the amount of enzyme needed to produce 1000 fluorescent units/min and specific activity was defined as units/mg of protease.

[0238] Inhibition studies were performed using two zinc-metalloprotease inhibitors; 1,10 phenanthroline and N-(a-rhamnopyranosyloxyhydroxyphosphinyl)-Leu-Trp(phosphoramidon) with stock solutions of the inhibitors dissolved in 100% ethanol and water, respectively. Stock concentrations were typically 10 mg/ml and 5 mg/ml for 1,10 phenanthroline and phosphoramidon, respectively, with final concentrations of inhibitor at 0.5-1.0 mg/ml per reaction. Treatment of three day W-14 crude broth with 1,10 phenanthroline, an inhibitor of all zinc metalloproteases, resulted in complete elimination of all protease activity while treatment with phosphoramidon, an inhibitor of thermolysin-like proteases (Weaver, L. H., Kester, W. R., and Matthews, B. W. 1977. J. Mol. Biol. 114, 119-132), resulted in about 56% reduction of protease activity. The residual proteolytic activity could not be further reduced with additional phosphoramidon.

[0239] The proteases of three day W-14 Photorhabdus broth were purified as follows: 4.0 liters of broth were concentrated using an Amicon spiral ultra filtration cartridge Type S1Y100 attached to an Amicon M-12 filtration device. The flow-through material having native proteins less than 100 kDa in size (3.8 L) was concentrated to 0.375 L using an Amicon spiral ultra filtration cartridge Type S1Y10 attached to an Amicon M-12 filtration device. The retentate material contained proteins ranging in size from 10-100 kDa. This material was loaded onto a Pharmacia HR16/10 column which had been packed with PerSeptive Biosystem (Framington, Mass.) Poros® 50 HQ strong anion exchange packing that had been equilibrated in 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0). Proteins were loaded on the column at a flow rate of 5 ml/min, followed by washing unbound protein with buffer until A₂₈₀=0.00. Afterwards, proteins were eluted using a NaCl gradient of 0-1.0 M NaCl in 40 min at a flow rate of 7.5 ml/min. Fractions were assayed for protease activity, supra., and active fractions were pooled. Proteolytically active fractions were diluted with 50% (v/v) 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) and loaded onto a Pharmacia HR 10/10 Mono Q column equilibrated in 10 mM sodium phosphate. After washing the column with buffer until A₂₈₀=0.00, proteins were eluted using a NaCl gradient of 0-0.5 M NaCl for 1 h at a flow rate of 2.0 ml/min. Fractions were assayed for protease activity. Those fractions having the greatest amount of phosphoramidon-sensitive protease activity, the phosphoramidon sensitive activity being due to the 41/38 kDa protease, infra., were pooled. These fractions were found to elute at a range of 0.15-0.25 M NaCl. Fractions containing a predominance of phosphoramidon-insensitive protease activity, the 58 kDa protease, were also pooled. These fractions were found to elute at a range of 0.25-0.35 M NaCl. The phosphoramidon-sensitive protease fractions were then concentrated to a final volume of 0.75 ml using a Millipore Ultrafree®-15 centrifugal filter device Biomax-5K NMWL membrane. This material was applied at a flow rate of 0.5 ml/min to a Pharmacia HR 10/30 column that had been packed with Pharmacia Sephadex G-50 equilibrated in 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0)/0.1 M NaCl. Fractions having the maximal phosphoramidon-sensitive protease activity were then pooled and centrifuged over a Millipore Ultrafree®-15 centrifugal filter device Biomax-50K NMWL membrane. Proteolytic activity analysis, supra., indicated this material to have only phosphoramidon-sensitive protease activity. Pooling of the phosphoramidon-insensitive protease, the 58 kDa protein, was followed by concentrating in a Millipore Ultrafree®-15 centrifugal filter device Biomax-50K NMWL membrane and further separation on a Pharmacia Superdex-75 column. Fractions containing the protease were pooled.

[0240] Analysis of purified 58- and 41/38 kDa purified proteases revealed that, while both types of protease were completely inhibited with 1,10 phenanthroline, only the 41/38 kDa protease was inhibited with phosphoramidon. Further analysis of crude broth indicated that protease activity of day 1 W-14 broth has 23% of the total protease activity due to the 41/38 kDa protease, increasing to 44% in day three W-14 broth.

[0241] Standard SDS-PAGE analysis for examining protein purity and obtaining amino terminal sequence was performed using 4-20% gradient MiniPlus SepraGels purchased from Integrated Separation Systems (Natick, Mass.). Proteins to be amino-terminal sequenced were blotted onto PVDF membrane following purification, infra., (ProBlott™ Membranes; Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif.), visualized with 0.1% amido black, excised, and sent to Cambridge Prochem; Cambridge, Mass., for sequencing.

[0242] Deduced amino terminal sequence of the 58-(SEQ ID NO:45) and 41/38 kDa (SEQ ID NO:44) proteases from three day old W-14 broth were DV-GSEKANEKLK (SEQ ID NO: 45) and DSGDDDKVTNTDIHR (SEQ ID NO:44), respectively.

[0243] Sequencing of the 41/38 kDa protease revealed several amino termini, each one having an additional amino acid removed by proteolysis. Examination of the primary, secondary, tertiary and quartenary sequences for the 38 and 41 kDa polypeptides allowed for deduction of the sequence shown above and revealed that these two proteases are homologous.

EXAMPLE 11, PART A Screening of Photorhabdus Genomic Library Via Use of Antibodies for Genes Encoding TcbA Peptide

[0244] In parallel to the sequencing described above, suitable probing and sequencing was done based on the TcbA_(ii) peptide (SEQ ID NO:1). This sequencing was performed by preparing bacterial culture broths and purifying the toxin as described in Examples 1 and 2 above.

[0245] Genomic DNA was isolated from the Photorhabdus luminescens strain W-14 grown in Grace's insect tissue culture medium. The bacteria were grown in 5 ml of culture medium in a 250 ml Erlenmeyer flask at 28° C. and 250 rpm for approximately 24 hours. Bacterial cells from 100 ml of culture medium were pelleted at 5000×g for 10 minutes. The supernatant was discarded, and the cell pellets then were used for the genomic DNA isolation.

[0246] The genomic DNA was isolated using a modification of the CTAB method described in Section 2.4.3 of Ausubel (supra.). The section entitled “Large Scale CsCl prep of bacterial genomic DNA” was followed through step 6. At this point, an additional chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (24:1) extraction was performed followed by a phenol/chloroform/isoamyl (25:24:1) extraction step and a final chloroform/isoamyl/alcohol (24:1) extraction. The DNA was precipitated by the addition of a 0.6 volume of isopropanol. The precipitated DNA was hooked and wound around the end of a bent glass rod, dipped briefly into 70% ethanol as a final wash, and dissolved in 3 ml of TE buffer.

[0247] The DNA concentration, estimated by optical density at 280/260 nm, was approximately 2 mg/ml.

[0248] Using this genomic DNA, a library was prepared. Approximately 50 μg of genomic DNA was partly digested with Sau3 A1. Then NaCl density gradient centrifugation was used to size fractionate the partially digested DNA fragments. Fractions containing DNA fragments with an average size of 12 kb, or larger, as determined by agarose gel electrophoresis, were ligated into the plasmid BluScript, Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., and transformed into an E. coli DH5α or DHB10 strain.

[0249] Separately, purified aliquots of the protein were sent to the biotechnology hybridoma center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison for production of monoclonal antibodies to the proteins. The material that was sent was the HPLC purified fraction containing native bands 1 and 2 which had been denatured at 65° C., and 20 μg of which was injected into each of four mice. Stable monoclonal antibody-producing hybridoma cell lines were recovered after spleen cells from unimmunized mouse were fused with a stable myeloma cell line. Monoclonal antibodies were recovered from the hybridomas.

[0250] Separately, polyclonal antibodies were created by taking native agarose gel purified band 1 (see Example 1) protein which was then used to immunize a New Zealand white rabbit. The protein was prepared by excising the band from the native agarose gels, briefly heating the gel pieces to 65° C. to melt the agarose, and immediately emulsifying with adjuvant. Freund's complete adjuvant was used for the primary immunizations and Freund's incomplete was used for 3 additional injections at monthly intervals. For each injection, approximately 0.2 ml of emulsified band 1, containing 50 to 100 micrograms of protein, was delivered by multiple subcontaneous injections into the back of the rabbit. Serum was obtained 10 days after the final injection and additional bleeds were performed at weekly intervals for 3 weeks. The serum complement was inactivated by heating to 56° C. for 15 minutes and then stored at −20° C.

[0251] The monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies were then used to screen the genomic library for the expression of antigens which could be detected by the epitope. Positive clones were detected on nitrocellulose filter colony lifts. An immunoblot analysis of the positive clones was undertaken.

[0252] An analysis of the clones as defined by both immunoblot and Southern analysis resulted in the tentative identification of four genomic regions.

[0253] In the first region was a gene encoding the peptide designated here as TcbA_(ii). Full DNA sequence of this gene (tcbA) was obtained. It is set forth as SEQ ID NO:11. Confirmation that the sequence encodes the internal sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 is demonstrated by the presence of SEQ ID NO:1 at amino acid number 88 from the deduced amino acid sequence created by the open reading frame of SEQ ID NO:11. This can be confirmed by referring to SEQ ID NO:12, which is the deduced amino acid sequence created by SEQ ID NO:11.

[0254] The second region of toxin peptides contains the segments referred to above as TcaB_(i), TcaB_(ii) and TcaC. Following the screening of the library with the polyclonal antisera, this second region of toxin genes was identified by several clones which produced different size proteins, all of which cross-reacted with the polyclonal antibody on an immunoblot and were also found to share DNA homology on a Southern Blot. Sequence comparison revealed that they belonged to the gene complex designated TcaB and TcaC above.

[0255] Two other regions of antibody toxin clones were also isolated in the polyclonal screen. These regions produced proteins that cross-react with a polyclonal antibody and also shared DNA homology with the regions as determined by Southern blotting. Thus, it appears that the Photorhabdus luminescens extracellular protein genes represent a family of genes which are evolutionarily related.

[0256] To further pursue the concept that there might be evolutionarily related variations in the toxin peptides contained within this organism, two approaches have been undertaken to examine other strains of Photorhabdus luminescens for the presence of related proteins. This was done both by PCR amplification of genomic DNA and by immunoblot analysis using the polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies.

[0257] The results indicate that related proteins are produced by Photorhabdus. luminescens strains WX-2, WX-3, WX-4, WX-5, WX-6, WX-7, WX-8, WX-11, WX-12, WX-15 and W-14.

EXAMPLE 11, PART B Sequence and Analysis of tcc Toxin Clones

[0258] Further DNA sequencing was performed on plasmids isolated from E. coli clones described in Example 11, Part A. The nucleotide sequence from the third region of E. coli clones was shown to be three closely linked open reading frames at this genomic locus. This locus was designated tcc with the three open reading frames designated tccA SEQ ID NO:56, tccB SEQ ID NO:58 and tccc SEQ ID NO:60. The close linkage between these open reading frames is revealed by examination of SEQ ID NO:56, in which 93 bp separate the stop codon of tccA from the start codon of tccb (bases 2992-2994 of SEQ ID NO:56), and by examination of SEQ ID NO:58, in which 131 bases separate the stop codon of tccB and the tccC (bases 4930-4932 of SEQ ID NO:58). The physical map is presented in FIG. 6B.

[0259] The deduced amino acid sequence from the tccA open reading frame indicates that the gene encodes a protein of 105,459 Da. This protein was designated TccA (SEQ ID NO:57). The first 12 amino acids of this protein match the N-terminal sequence obtained from a 108 kDa protein, SEQ ID NO:8, previously identified as part of the toxin complex.

[0260] The deduced amino acid sequence from the tccB open reading frame indicates that this gene encodes a protein of 175,716 Da. This protein was designated TccB (SEQ ID NO:59). The first 11 amino acids of this protein match the N-terminal sequence obtained from a protein with estimated molecular weight of 185 kDa, SEQ ID NO:7. Similarity analysis revealed that the TccB protein is related to the proteins identified as TcbA SEQ ID NO:12; 37% similarity and 28% identity, TcdA SEQ ID NO:47; 35% similarity and 28% identity, and TcaB SEQ ID NO:26; 32% similarity and 26% identity (using the GAP algorithm Wisconsin Package Version 9.0, Genetics Computer Group (GCG) Madison Wis.).

[0261] The deduced amino acid sequence of tccC indicated that this open reading frame encodes a protein of 111,694 Da and the protein product was designated TccC (SEQ ID NO:61)

EXAMPLE 12 Characterization of Photorhabdus Strains

[0262] In order to establish that the collection described herein was comprised of Photorhabdus strains, the strains herein were assessed in terms of recognized microbiological traits that are characteristic of Photorhabdus and which differentiate it from other Enterobacteriaceae and Xenorhabdus spp. (Farmer, J. J. 1984. Bergey's Manual of Systemic Bacteriology, Vol 1. pp. 510-511. (ed. Kreig N. R. and Holt, J. G.). Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore; Akhurst and Boemare, 1988, Boemare et al., 1993). These characteristic traits are as follows: Gram's stain negative rods, organism size of 0.5-2 μm in width and 2-10 μm in length, red/yellow colony pigmentation, presence of crystalline inclusion bodies, presence of catalase, inability to reduce nitrate, presence of bioluminescence, ability to take up dye from growth media, positive for protease production, growth-temperature range below 37° C., survival under anaerobic conditions and positively motile. (Table 20). Reference Escherichia coli, Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus strains were included in all tests for comparison. The overall results are consistent with all strains being part of the family Enterobacteriaceae and the genus Photorhabdus.

[0263] A luminometer was used to establish the bioluminescence of each strain and provide a quantitative and relative measurement of light production. For measurement of relative light emitting units, the broths from each strain (cells and media) were measured at three time intervals after inoculation in liquid culture (6, 12, and 24 hr) and compared to background luminosity (uninoculated media and water). Prior to measuring light emission from the various broths, cell density was established by measuring light absorbance (560 nM) in a Gilford Systems (Oberlin, Ohio) spectrophotometer using a sipper cell. Appropriate dilutions were then made (to normalize optical density to 1.0 unit) before measuring luminosity. Aliquots of the diluted broths were then placed into cuvettes (300 μl each) and read in a Bio-Orbit 1251 Luminometer (Bio-Orbit Oy, Twiku, Finland). The integration period for each sample was 45 seconds. The samples were continuously mixed (spun in baffled cuvettes) while being read to provide oxygen availability. A positive test was determined as being ≧5-fold background luminescence (about 5-10 units). In addition, colony luminosity was detected with photographic film overlays and visually, after adaptation in a darkroom. The Gram's staining characteristics of each strain were established with a commercial Gram's stain kit (BBL, Cockeysville, Md.) used in conjunction with Gram's stain control slides (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa.). Microscopic evaluation was then performed using a Zeiss microscope (Carl Zeiss, Germany) 100× oil immersion objective lens (with 10× ocular and 2× body magnification). Microscopic examination of individual strains for organism size, cellular description and inclusion bodies (the latter after logarithmic growth) was performed using wet mount slides (10× ocular, 2× body and 40× objective magnification) with oil immersion and phase contrast microscopy with a micrometer (Akhurst, R. J. and Boemare, N. E. 1990. Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Biological Control (ed. Gaugler, R. and Kaya, H.). pp. 75-90. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA.; Baghdiguian S., Boyer-Giglio M. H., Thaler, J. O., Bonnot G., Boemare N. 1993. Biol. Cell 79, 177-185.). Colony pigmentation was observed after inoculation on Bacto nutrient agar, (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) prepared as per label instructions. Incubation occurred at 28° C. and descriptions were produced after 5-7 days. To test for the presence of the enzyme catalase, a colony of the test organism was removed on a small plug from a nutrient agar plate and placed into the bottom of a glass test tube. One ml of a household hydrogen peroxide solution was gently added down the side of the tube. A positive reaction was recorded when bubbles of gas (presumptive oxygen) appeared immediately or within 5 seconds. Controls of uninoculated nutrient agar and hydrogen peroxide solution were also examined. To test for nitrate reduction, each culture was inoculated into 10 ml of Bacto Nitrate Broth (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.). After 24 hours incubation at 28° C., nitrite production was tested by the addition of two drops of sulfanilic acid reagent and two drops of alpha-naphthylamine reagent (see Difco Manual, 10th edition, Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich., 1984). The generation of a distinct pink or red color indicates the formation of nitrite from nitrate. The ability of each strain to uptake dye from growth media was tested with Bacto MacConkey agar containing the dye neutral red; Bacto Tergitol-7 agar containing the dye bromothymol blue and Bacto EMB Agar containing the dye eosin-Y (agars from Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich., all prepared according to label instructions). After inoculation on these media, dye uptake was recorded after incubation at 28° C. for 5 days. Growth on these latter media is characteristic for members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Motility of each strain was tested using a solution of Bacto Motility Test Medium (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) prepared as per label instructions. A butt-stab inoculation was performed with each strain and motility was judged macroscopically by a diffuse zone of growth spreading from the line of inoculum. In many cases, motility was also observed microscopically from liquid culture under wet mount slides. Biochemical nutrient evaluation for each strain was performed using BBL Enterotube II (Benton, Dickinson, Germany). Product instructions were followed with the exception that incubation was carried out at 28° C. for 5 days. Results were consistent with previously cited reports for Photorhabdus. The production of protease was tested by observing hydrolysis of gelatin using Bacto gelatin (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) plates made as per label instructions. Cultures were inoculated and the plates were incubated at 28° C. for 5 days. To assess growth at different temperatures, agar plates [2% proteose peptone #3 with two percent Bacto-Agar (Difco, Detroit, Mich.) in deionized water] were streaked from a common source of inoculum. Plates were sealed with Nesco® film and incubated at 20, 28 and 37° C. for up to three weeks. Plates showing no growth at 37° C. showed no cell viability after transfer to a 28° C. incubator for one week. Oxygen requirements for Photorhabdus strains were tested in the following manner. A butt-stab inoculation into fluid thioglycolate broth medium (Difco, Detroit, Mich.) was made. The tubes were incubated at room temperature for one week and cultures were then examined for type and extent of growth. The indicator resazurin demonstrates the level of medium oxidation or the aerobiosis zone (Difco Manual, 10th edition, Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.). Growth zone results obtained for the Photorhabdus strains tested were consistent with those of a facultative anaerobic microorganism. TABLE 19 Taxonomic Traits of Photorhabdus Strains Traits Assessed* Strain A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q W-14 −^(†) + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − WX-1  − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − WX-2  − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − WX-3  − + + rd S + − + + + YT + + + + + + − WX-4  − + + rd S + − + + + YT + + + + + + − WX-5  − + + rd S + − + + + LO + + + + + + − WX-6  − + + rd S + − + + + LY + + + + + + − WX-7  − + + rd S + − + + + R + + + + + + − WX-8  − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − WX-9  − + + rd S + − + + + YT + + + + + + − WX-10 − + + rd S + − + + + Ro + + + + + + − WX-11 − + + rd S + − + + + Ro + + + + + + − WX-12 − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − WX-14 − + + rd S + − + + + LR + + + + + + − WX-15 − + + rd S + − + + + LR + + + + + + − H9 − + + rd S + − + + + LY + + + + + + − Hb − + + rd S + − + + + YT + + + + + + − Hm − + + rd S + − + + + TY + + + + + + − HP88 − + + rd S + − + + + LY + + + + + + − NC-1 − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − W30 − + + rd S + − + + + YT + + + + + + − WIR − + + rd S + − + + + RO + + + + + + − B2 − + + rd S + − + + + R + + + + + + − 43948 − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − 43949 − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − 43950 − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − 43951 − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − 43952 − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + −

[0264] Cellular fatty acid analysis is a recognized tool for bacterial characterization at the genus and species level (Tornabene, T. G. 1985. Lipid Analysis and the Relationship to Chemotaxonomy in Methods in Microbiology, Vol. 18, 209-234.; Goodfellow, M. and O'Donnell, A. G. 1993. Roots of Bacterial Systematics in Handbook of New Bacterial Systematics (ed. Goodfellow, M. & O'Donnell, A. G.) pp. 3-54. London: Academic Press Ltd.), these references are incorporated herein by reference, and were used to confirm that our collection was related at the genus level. Cultures were shipped to an external, contract laboratory for fatty acid methyl ester analysis (FAME) using a Microbial ID (MIDI, Newark, Del., USA) Microbial Identification System (MIS). The MIS system consists of a Hewlett Packard HP5890A gas chromatograph with a 25 mm×0.2 mm 5% methylphenyl silicone fused silica capillary column. Hydrogen is used as the carrier gas and a flame-ionization detector functions in conjunction with an automatic sampler, integrator and computer. The computer compares the sample fatty acid methyl esters to a microbial fatty acid library and against a calibration mix of known fatty acids. As selected by the contract laboratory, strains were grown for 24 hours at 28° C. on trypticase soy agar prior to analysis. Extraction of samples was performed by the contract lab as per standard FAME methodology. There was no direct identification of the strains to any luminescent bacterial group other than Photorhabdus. When the cluster analysis was performed, which compares the fatty acid profiles of a group of isolates, the strain fatty acid profiles were related at the genus level.

[0265] The evolutionary diversity of the Photorhabdus strains in our collection was measured by analysis of PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) mediated genomic fingerprinting using genomic DNA from each strain. This technique is based on families of repetitive DNA sequences present throughout the genome of diverse bacterial species (reviewed by Versalovic, J., Schneider, M., D E Bruijn, F. J. and Lupski, J. R. 1994. Methods Mol. Cell. Biol., 5, 25-40.). Three of these, repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence (REP), enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) and the BOX element are thought to play an important role in the organization of the bacterial genome. Genomic organization is believed to be shaped by selection and the differential dispersion of these elements within the genome of closely related bacterial strains can be used to discriminate these strains (e.g., Louws, F. J., Fulbright, D. W., Stephens, C. T. and D E Bruijn, F. J. 1994. Appl. Environ. Micro. 60, 2286-2295). Rep-PCR utilizes oligonucleotide primers complementary to these repetitive sequences to amplify the variably sized DNA fragments lying between them. The resulting products are separated by electrophoresis to establish the DNA “fingerprint” for each strain.

[0266] To isolate genomic DNA from our strains, cell pellets were resuspended in TE buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0) to a final volume of 10 ml and 12 ml of 5 M NaCl was then added. This mixture was centrifuged 20 min. at 15,000×g. The resulting pellet was resuspended in 5.7 ml of TE and 300 μl of 10% SDS and 60 μl 20 mg/ml proteinase K (Gibco BRL Products, Grand Island, N.Y.) were added. This mixture was incubated at 37° C. for 1 hr, approximately 10 mg of lysozyme was then added and the mixture was incubated for an additional 45 min. One milliliter of 5M NaCl and 800 μl of CTAB/NaCl solution (10% w/v CTAB, 0.7 M NaCl) were then added and the mixture was incubated 10 min. at 65° C., gently agitated, then incubated and agitated for an additional 20 min. to aid in clearing of the cellular material. An equal volume of chloroform/isoamyl alcohol solution (24:1, v/v) was added, mixed gently then centrifuged. Two extractions were then performed with an equal volume of phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (50:49:1). Genomic DNA was precipitated with 0.6 volume of isopropanol. Precipitated DNA was removed with a glass rod, washed twice with 70% ethanol, dried and dissolved in 2 ml of STE (10 mM Tris-HCl pH8.0, 10 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA). The DNA was then quantitated by optical density at 260 nm. To perform rep-PCR analysis of Photorhabdus genomic DNA the following primers were used, REP1R-I; 5′-IIIICGICGICATCIGGC-3′ and REP2-I; 5′-ICGICTTATCIGGCCTAC-3′. PCR was performed using the following 25 μl reaction: 7.75 μl H₂O, 2.5 μl 10×LA buffer (PanVera Corp., Madison, Wis.), 16 μl dNTP mix (2.5 mM each), 1 μl of each primer at 50 pM/μl, 1 μl DMSO, 1.5 μl genomic DNA (concentrations ranged from 0.075-0.480 μg/μl) and 0.25 μl TaKaRa EX Taq (PanVera Corp., Madison, Wis.). The PCR amplification was performed in a Perkin Elmer DNA Thermal Cycler (Norwalk, Conn.) using the following conditions: 95° C./7 min. then 35 cycles of; 94° C./1 min., 44° C./1 min., 65° C./8 min., followed by 15 min. at 65° C. After cycling, the 25 μl reaction was added to 5 μl of 6×gel loading buffer (0.25% bromophenol blue, 40% w/v sucrose in H₂O). A 15×20 cm 1%-agarose gel was then run in TBE buffer (0.09 M Tris-borate, 0.002 M EDTA) using 8 μl of each reaction. The gel was run for approximately 16 hours at 45 v. Gels were then stained in 20 μg/ml ethidium bromide for 1 hour and destained in TBE buffer for approximately 3 hours. Polaroid® photographs of the gels were then taken under UV illumination.

[0267] The presence or absence of bands at specific sizes for each strain was scored from the photographs and entered as a similarity matrix in the numerical taxonomy software program, NTSYS-pc (Exeter Software, Setauket, N.Y.). Controls of E. coli strain HB101 and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae assayed at the same time produced PCR “fingerprints” corresponding to published reports (Versalovic, J., Koeuth, T. and Lupski, J. R. 1991. Nucleic Acids Res. 19, 6823-6831; Vera Cruz, C. M., Halda-Alija, L., Louws, F., Skinner, D. Z., George, M. L., Nelson, R. J., D E Bruijn, F. J., Rice, C. and Leach, J. E. 1995. Int. Rice Res. Notes, 20, 23-24.; Vera Cruz, C. M., Ardales, E. Y., Skinner, D. Z., Talag, J., Nelson, R. J., Louws, F. J., Leung, H., Mew, T. W. and Leach, J. E. 1996. Phytopathology (in press, respectively). The data from Photorhabdus strains were then analyzed with a series of programs within NTSYS-pc; SIMQUAL (Similarity for Qualitative data) to generate a matrix of similarity coefficients (using the Jaccard coefficient) and SAHN (Sequential, Agglomerative, Heirarchical and Nested) clustering [using the UPGMA (Unweighted Pair-Group Method with Arithmetic Averages) method] which groups related strains and can be expressed as a phenogram (FIG. 5). The COPH (cophenetic values) and MXCOMP (matrix comparison) programs were used to generate a cophenetic value matrix and compare the correlation between this and the original matrix upon which the clustering was based. A resulting normalized Mantel statistic (r) was generated which is a measure of the goodness of fit for a cluster analysis (r=0.8-0.9 represents a very good fit). In our case r=0.919. Therefore, our collection is comprised of a diverse group of easily distinguishable strains representative of the Photorhabdus genus.

EXAMPLE 13 Insecticidal Utility of Toxin(s) Produced by Various Photorhabdus Strains

[0268] Initial “seed” cultures of the various Photorhabdus strains were produced by inoculating 175 ml of 2% Proteose Peptone #3 (PP3) (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) liquid media with a primary variant subclone in a 500 ml tribaffled flask with a Delong neck, covered with a Kaput. Inoculum for each seed culture was derived from oil-overlay agar slant cultures or plate cultures. After inoculation, these flasks were incubated for 16 hrs at 28° C. on a rotary shaker at 150 rpm. These seed cultures were then used as uniform inoculum sources for a given fermentation of each strain. Additionally, overlaying the post-log seed culture with sterile mineral oil, adding a sterile magnetic stir bar for future resuspension and storing the culture in the dark, at room temperature provided long-term preservation of inoculum in a toxin-competent state. The production broths were inoculated by adding 1% of the actively growing seed culture to fresh 2% PP3 media (e.g., 1.75 ml per 175 ml fresh media). Production of broths occurred in either 500 ml tribaffled flasks (see above), or 2800 ml baffled, convex bottom flasks (500 ml volume) covered by a silicon foam closure. Production flasks were incubated for 24-48 hrs under the above mentioned conditions. Following incubation, the broths were dispensed into sterile 1 L polyethylene bottles, spun at 2600×g for 1 hr at 10° C. and decanted from the cell and debris pellet. The liquid broth was then vacuum filtered through Whatman GF/D (2.7 μM retention) and GF/B (1.0 μM retention) glass filters to remove debris. Further broth clarification was achieved with a tangential flow microfiltration device (Pall Filtron, Northborough, Mass.) using a 0.5 μM open-channel filter. When necessary, additional clarification could be obtained by chilling the broth (to 4° C.) and centrifuging for several hours at 2600×g. Following these procedures, the broth was filter sterilized using a 0.2 μM nitrocellulose membrane filter. Sterile broths were then used directly for biological assay, biochemical analysis or concentrated (up to 15-fold) using a 10,000 MW cut-off, M12 ultra-filtration device (Amicon, Beverly Mass.) or centrifugal concentrators (Millipore, Bedford, Mass. and Pall Filtron, Northborough, Mass.) with a 10,000 MW pore size. In the case of centrifugal concentrators, the broth was spun at 2000×g for approximately 2 hr. The 10,000 MW permeate was added to the corresponding retentate to achieve the desired concentration of components greater than 10,000 MW. Heat inactivation of processed broth samples was acheived by heating the samples at 100° C. in a sand-filled heat block for 10 minutes.

[0269] The broth(s) and toxin complex(es) from different Photorhabdus strains are useful for reducing populations of insects and were used in a method of inhibiting an insect population which comprises applying to a locus of the insect an effective insect inactivating amount of the active described. A demonstration of the breadth of insecticidal activity observed from broths of a selected group of Photorhabdus strains fermented as described above is shown in Table 20. It is possible that additional insecticidal activities could be detected with these strains through increased concentration of the broth or by employing different fermentation methods. Consistent with the activity being associated with a protein, the insecticidal activity of all strains tested was heat labile (see above).

[0270] Culture broth(s) from diverse Photorhabdus strains show differential insecticidal activity (mortality and/or growth inhibition, reduced adult emergence) against a number of insects. More specifically, the activity is seen against corn rootworm larvae and boll weevil larvae which are members of the insect order Coleoptera. Other members of the Coleoptera include wireworms, pollen beetles, flea beetles, seed beetles and Colorado potato beetle. Activity is also observed against aster leafhopper and corn plant hopper, which are members of the order Homoptera. Other members of the Homoptera include planthoppers, pear psylla, apple sucker, scale insects, whiteflies, spittle bugs as well as numerous host specific aphid species. The broths and purified toxin complex(es) are also active against tobacco budworm, tobacco hornworm and European corn borer which are members of the order Lepidoptera. Other typical members of this order are beet armyworm, cabbage looper, black cutworm, corn earworm, codling moth, clothes moth, Indian mealmoth, leaf rollers, cabbage worm, cotton bollworm, bagworm, Eastern tent caterpillar, sod webworm and fall armyworm. Activity is also seen against fruitfly and mosquito larvae which are members of the order Diptera. Other members of the order Diptera are, pea midge, carrot fly, cabbage root fly, turnip root fly, onion fly, crane fly and house fly and various mosquito species. Activity with broth(s) and toxin complex(es) is also seen against two-spotted spider mite which is a member of the order Acarina which includes strawberry spider mites, broad mites, citrus red mite, European red mite, pear rust mite and tomato russet mite.

[0271] Activity against corn rootworm larvae was tested as follows. Photorhabdus culture broth(s) (0-15 fold concentrated, filter sterilized), 2% Proteose Peptone #3, purified toxin complex(es), 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 were applied directly to the surface (about 1.5 cm²) of artificial diet (Rose, R. I. and McCabe, J. M. (1973). J. Econ. Entomol. 66, (398-400) in 40 μl aliquots. Toxin complex was diluted in 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. The diet plates were allowed to air-dry in a sterile flow-hood and the wells were infested with single, neonate Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (Southern corn rootworm, SCR) hatched from surface sterilized eggs. The plates were sealed, placed in a humidified growth chamber and maintained at 27° C. for the appropriate period (3-5 days). Mortality and larval weight determinations were then scored. Generally, 16 insects per treatment were used in all studies. Control mortality was generally less than 5%.

[0272] Activity against boll weevil (Anthomonas grandis) was tested as follows. Concentrated (1-10 fold) Photorhabdus broths, control medium (2% Proteose Peptone #3), purified toxin complex(es) [0.23 mg/ml] or 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 were applied in 60 μl aliquots to the surface of 0.35 g of artificial diet (Stoneville Yellow lepidopteran diet) and allowed to dry. A single, 12-24 hr boll weevil larva was placed on the diet, and the wells were sealed and held at 25° C., 50% RH for 5 days. Mortality and larval weights were then assessed. Control mortality ranged between 0-13%.

[0273] Activity against mosquito larvae was tested as follows. The assay was conducted in a 96-well microtiter plate. Each well contained 200 μl of aqueous solution (10-fold concentrated Photorhabdus culture broth(s), control medium (2% Proteose Peptone #3), 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, toxin complex(es) @ 0.23 mg/ml or H₂O) and approximately 20, 1-day old larvae (Aedes aegypti). There were 6 wells per treatment. The results were read at 3-4 days after infestation. Control mortality was between 0-20%.

[0274] Activity against fruitflies was tested as follows. Purchased Drosophila melanogaster medium was prepared using 50% dry medium and a 50% liquid of either water, control medium (2% Proteose Peptone #3), 10-fold concentrated Photorhabdus culture broth(s), purified toxin complex(es) [0.23 mg/ml] or 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer , pH 7.0. This was accomplished by placing 4.0 ml of dry medium in each of 3 rearing vials per treatment and adding 4.0 ml of the appropriate liquid. Ten late instar Drosophila melanogaster maggots were then added to each 25 ml vial. The vials were held on a laboratory bench, at room temperature, under fluorescent ceiling lights. Pupal or adult counts were made after 15 days of exposure. Adult emergence as compared to water and control medium (0-16% reduction).

[0275] Activity against aster leafhopper adults (Macrosteles severini) and corn planthopper nymphs (Peregrinus maidis) was tested with an ingestion assay designed to allow ingestion of the active without other external contact. The reservoir for the active/“food” solution is made by making 2 holes in the center of the bottom portion of a 35×10 mm Petri dish. A 2 inch Parafilm M® square is placed across the top of the dish and secured with an “O” ring. A 1 oz. plastic cup is then infested with approximately 7 hoppers and the reservoir is placed on top of the cup, Parafilm down. The test solution is then added to the reservoir through the holes. In tests using 10-fold concentrated Photorhabdus culture broth(s), the broth and control medium (2% Proteose Peptone #3) were dialyzed against 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 and sucrose (to 5%) was added to the resulting solution to reduce control mortality. Purified toxin complex(es) [0.23 mg/ml] or 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 was also tested. Mortality is reported at day 3. The assay was held in an incubator at 28° C., 70% RH with a 16/8 photoperiod. The assays were graded for mortality at 72 hours. Control mortality was less than 6%.

[0276] Activity against lepidopteran larvae was tested as follows. Concentrated (10-fold) Photorhabdus culture broth(s), control medium (2% Proteose Peptone #3), purified toxin complex(es) [0.23 mg/ml] or 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 were applied directly to the surface (about 1.5 cm²) of standard artificial lepidopteran diet (Stoneville Yellow diet) in 40 μl aliquots. The diet plates were allowed to air-dry in a sterile flow-hood and each well was infested with a single, neonate larva. European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) and tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) eggs were obtained from commercial sources and hatched in-house, whereas tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens) larvae were supplied internally. Following infestation with larvae, the diet plates were sealed, placed in a humidified growth chamber and maintained in the dark at 27° C. for the appropriate period. Mortality and weight determinations were scored at day 5. Generally, 16 insects per treatment were used in all studies. Control mortality generally ranged from about 4 to about 12.5% for control medium and was less than 10% for phosphate buffer.

[0277] Activity against two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) was determined as follows. Young squash plants were trimmed to a single cotyledon and sprayed to run-off with 10-fold concentrated broth(s), control medium (2% Proteose Peptone #3), purified toxin complex(es), 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. After drying, the plants were infested with a mixed population of spider mites and held at lab temperature and humidity for 72 hr. Live mites were then counted to determine levels of control. TABLE 20 Observed Insecticidal Spectrum of Broths from Different Photorhabdus Strains Photorhabdus Strain Sensitive* Insect Species WX-1 3**, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 WX-2 2, 4 WX-3 1, 4 WX-4 1, 4 WX-5 4 WX-6 4 WX-7 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 WX-8 1, 2, 4 WX-9 1, 2, 4 WX-10 4 WX-11 1, 2, 4 WX-12 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 WX-14 1, 2, 4 WX-15 1, 2, 4 W30 3, 4, 5, 8 NC-1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 WIR 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 HP88 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 Hb 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 Hm 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 H9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 W-14 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 ATCC 43948 4 ATCC 43949 4 ATCC 43950 4 ATCC 43951 4 ATCC 43952 4

EXAMPLE 14 Non W-14 Photorhabdus Strains: Purification, Characterization and Activity Spectrum

[0278] Purification

[0279] The protocol, as follows, is similar to that developed for the purification of W-14 and was established based on purifying those fractions having the most activity against Southern corn root worm (SCR), as determined in bioassays (see Example 13). Typically, 4-20 L of broth that had been filtered, as described in Example 13, were received and concentrated using an Amicon spiral ultra filtration cartridge Type S1Y100 attached to an Amicon M-12 filtration device. The retentate contained native proteins consisting of molecular sizes greater than 100 kDa, whereas the flow through material contained native proteins less than 100 kDa in size. The majority of the activity against SCR was contained in the 100 kDa retentate. The retentate was then continually diafiltered with 10 mM sodium phosphate (pH=7.0) until the filtrate reached an A₂₈₀<0.100. Unless otherwise stated, all procedures from this point were performed in buffer as defined by 10 mM sodium phosphate (pH 7.0). The retentate was then concentrated to a final volume of approximately 0.20 L and filtered using a 0.45 mm Nalgene™ Filterware sterile filtration unit. The filtered material was loaded at 7.5 ml/min onto a Pharmacia HR16/10 column which had been packed with PerSeptive Biosystem Poros® 50 HQ strong anion exchange matrix equilibrated in buffer using a PerSeptive Biosystem Sprint® HPLC system. After loading, the column was washed with buffer until an A₂₈₀<0.100 was achieved. Proteins were then eluted from the column at 2.5 ml/min using buffer with 0.4 M NaCl for 20 min for a total volume of 50 ml. The column was then washed using buffer with 1.0 M NaCl at the same flow rate for an additional 20 min (final volume=50 ml). Proteins eluted with 0.4 M and 1.0 M NaCl were placed in separate dialysis bags (Spectra/Por® Membrane MWCO: 2,000) and allowed to dialyze overnight at 4° C. in 12 L buffer. The majority of the activity against SCR was contained in the 0.4 M fraction. The 0.4 M fraction was further purified by application of 20 ml to a Pharmacia XK 26/100 column that had been prepacked with Sepharose CL4B (Pharmacia) using a flow rate of 0.75 ml/min. Fractions were pooled based on A₂₈₀ peak profile and concentrated to a final volume of 0.75 ml using a Millipore Ultrafree®-15 centrifugal filter device Biomax-50K NMWL membrane. Protein concentrations were determined using a Biorad Protein Assay Kit with bovine gamma globulin as a standard.

[0280] Characterization

[0281] The native molecular weight of the SCR toxin complex was determined using a Pharmacia HR 16/50 that had been prepacked with Sepharose CL4B in buffer. The column was then calibrated using proteins of known molecular size thereby allowing for calculation of the toxin approximate native molecular size. As shown in Table 21, the molecular size of the toxin complex ranged from 777 kDa with strain Hb to 1,900 kDa with strain WX-14. The yield of toxin complex also varied, from strain WX-12 producing 0.8 mg/L to strain Hb, which produced 7.0 mg/L.

[0282] Proteins found in the toxin complex were examined for individual polypeptide size using SDS-PAGE analysis. Typically, 20 mg protein of the toxin complex from each strain was loaded onto a 2-15% polyacrylamide gel (Integrated Separation Systems) and electrophoresed at 20 mA in Biorad SDS-PAGE buffer. After completion of electrophoresis, the gels were stained overnight in Biorad Coomassie blue R-250 (0.2% in methanol: acetic acid: water; 40:10:40 v/v/v). Subsequently, gels were destained in methanol:acetic acid:water; 40:10:40 (v/v/v). The gels were then rinsed with water for 15 min and scanned using a Molecular Dynamics Personal Laser Densitometer®. Lanes were quantitated and molecular sizes were calculated as compared to Biorad high molecular weight standards, which ranged from 200-45 kDa.

[0283] Sizes of the individual polypeptides comprising the SCR toxin complex from each strain are listed in Table 22. The sizes of the individual polypeptides ranged from 230 kDa with strain WX-1 to a size of 16 kDa, as seen with strain WX-7. Every strain, with the exception of strain Hb, had polypeptides comprising the toxin complex that were in the 160-230 kDa range, the 100-160 kDa range, and the 50-80 kDa range. These data indicate that the toxin complex may vary in peptide composition and components from strain to strain, however, in all cases the toxin attributes appears to consist of a large, oligomeric protein complex. TABLE 21 Characterization of a Toxin Complex from Non W-14 Photorhabdus Strains Yield Approx. Active Native Fraction Strain Molecular wt.^(a) (mg/L)^(b) H9 972,000 1.8 Hb 777,000 7.0 Hm 1,400,000 1.1 HP88 813,000 2.5 NCl 1,092,000 3.3 WIR 979,000 1.0 WX-1 973,000 0.8 WX-2 951,000 2.2 WX-7 1,000,000 1.5 WX-12 898,000 0.4 WX-14 1,900,000 1.9 W-14 860,000 7.5

[0284] Activity Spectrum

[0285] As shown in Table 23, the toxin complexes purified from strains Hm and H9 were tested for activity against a variety of insects, with the toxin complex from strain W-14 for comparison. The assays were performed as described in Example 13. The toxin complex from all three strains exhibited activity against tobacco bud worm, European corn borer, Southern corn root worm, and aster leafhopper. Furthermore, the toxin complex from strains Hm and W-14 also exhibited activity against two-spotted spider mite. In addition, the toxin complex from W-14 exhibited activity against mosquito larvae. These data indicate that the toxin complex, while having similarities in activities between certain orders of insects, can also exhibit differential activities against other orders of insects. TABLE 22 The Approximate Sizes (in kDa) of Peptides in a Purified Toxin Complex From Non W-14 Photorhabdus H9 Hb Hm HP 88 NC-1 WIR WX-1 WX-2 WX-7 WX-12 WX-14 W-14 180 150 170 170 180 170 230 200 200 180 210 190 170 140 140 160 170 160 190 170 180 160 180 180 160 139 100 140 140 120 170 150 110 140 160 170 140 130 81 130 110 110 160 120 87 139 120 160 120 120 72 129 44 89 110 110 75 130 110 150 98 100 68 110 16 79 98 82 43 110 100 130 87 98 49 100 74 76 64 33 92 95 120 84 88 46 86 62 58 37 28 87 80 110 79 81 30 81 51 53 30 26 80 69 93 72 75 22 77 40 41 23 73 49 90 68 69 20 73 39 35 22 59 41 77 60 60 19 60 37 31 21 56 33 69 57 57 58 33 28 19 51 65 52 54 45 30 24 18 37 63 46 49 39 28 22 16 33 60 40 44 35 27 32 51 37 39 25 26 46 37 23 40 35 39 29

[0286] TABLE 23 Observed Insecticidal Spectrum of a Purified Toxin Complex from Photorhabdus Strains Photorhabdus Strain Sensitive* Insect Species Hm Toxin Complex 1**, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 H9 Toxin Complex 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 W-14 Toxin Complex 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

EXAMPLE 15 Sub-Fractionation of Photorhabdus Protein Toxin Complex

[0287] The Photorhabdus protein toxin complex was isolated as described in Example 14. Next, about 10 mg toxin was applied to a MonoQ 5/5 column equilibrated with 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 at a flow rate of 1 ml/min. The column was washed with 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 until the optical density at 280 nm returned to baseline absorbance. The proteins bound to the column were eluted with a linear gradient of 0 to 1.0 M NaCl in 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 at 1 ml/min for 30 min. One ml fractions were collected and subjected to Southern corn rootworm (SCR) bioassay (see Example 13). Peaks of activity were determined by a series of dilutions of each fraction in SCR bioassays. Two activity peaks against SCR were observed and were named A (eluted at about 0.2-0.3 M NaCl) and B (eluted at 0.3-0.4 M NaCl). Activity peaks A and B were pooled separately and both peaks were further purified using a 3-step procedure described below.

[0288] Solid (NH₄)₂SO₄ was added to the above protein fraction to a final concentration of 1.7 M. Proteins were then applied to a phenyl-Superose 5/5 column equilibrated with 1.7 M (NH₄)₂SO₄ in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7 at 1 ml/min. Proteins bound to the column were eluted with a linear gradient of 1.7 M (NH₄)₂SO₄, 0% ethylene glycol, 50 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7.0 to 25% ethylene glycol, 25 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7.0 (no (NH₄)₂SO₄) at 0.5 ml/min. Fractions were dialyzed overnight against 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. Activities in each fraction against SCR were determined by bioassay.

[0289] The fractions with the highest activity were pooled and applied to a MonoQ 5/5 column which was equilibrated with 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 at 1 ml/min. The proteins bound to the column were eluted at 1 ml/min by a linear gradient of 0 to 1M NaCl in 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0.

[0290] For the final step of purification, the most active fractions above (determined by SCR bioassay) were pooled and subjected to a second phenyl-Superose 5/5/ column. Solid (NH₄)₂SO₄ was added to a final concentration of 1.7 M. The solution was then loaded onto the column equilibrated with 1.7 M (NH₄)₂SO₄ in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7 at 1 ml/min. Proteins bound to the column were eluted with a linear gradient of 1.7 M (NH₄)₂SO₄, 50 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7.0 to 10 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7.0 at 0.5 ml/min. Fractions were dialyzed overnight against 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. Activities in each fraction against SCR were determined by bioassay.

[0291] The final purified protein by the above 3-step procedure from peak A was named toxin A and the final purified protein from peak B was named toxin B.

[0292] Characterization and Amino Acid Sequencing of Toxin A and Toxin B

[0293] In SDS-PAGE, both toxin A and toxin B contained two major (>90% of total Commassie stained protein) peptides: 192 kDa (named A1 and B1, respectively) and 58 kDa (named A2 and B2, respectively). Both toxin A and toxin B revealed only one major band in native PAGE, indicating A1 and A2 were subunits of one protein complex, and B1 and B2 were subunits of one protein complex. Further, the native molecular weight of both toxin A and toxin B were determined to be 860 kDa by gel filtration chromatography. The relative molar concentrations of A1 to A2 was judged to be a 1 to 1 equivalence as determined by densiometric analysis of SDS-PAGE gels. Similarly, B1 and B2 peptides were present at the same molar concentration.

[0294] Toxin A and toxin B were electrophoresed in 10% SDS-PAGE and transblotted to PVDF membranes. Blots were sent for amino acid analysis and N-terminal amino acid sequencing at Harvard MicroChem and Cambridge ProChem, respectively. The N-terminal amino sequence of B1 was determined to be identical to SEQ ID NO:1, the TcbA_(ii) region of the tcbA gene (SEQ ID NO:12, position 87 to 99). A unique N-terminal sequence was obtained for peptide B2 (SEQ ID NO:40). The N-terminal amino acid sequence of peptide B2 was identical to the TcbA_(iii) region of the derived amino acid sequence for the tcbA gene (SEQ ID NO:12, position 1935 to 1945). Therefore, the B toxin contained predominantly two peptides, TcbA_(ii) and TcbA_(iii), that were observed to be derived from the same gene product, TcbA.

[0295] The N-terminal sequence of A2 (SEQ ID NO:41) was unique in comparison to the TcbA_(iii) peptide and other peptides. The A2 peptide was denoted TcdA_(iii) (see Example 17). SEQ ID NO:6 was determined to be a mixture of amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO:40 and 41.

[0296] Peptides A1 and A2 were further subjected to internal amino acid sequencing. For internal amino acid sequencing, 10 μg of toxin A was electrophoresized in 10% SDS-PAGE and transblotted to PVDF membrane. After the blot was stained with amido black, peptides A1 and A2, denoted TcdA_(ii) and TcdA_(iii), respectively, were excised from the blot and sent to Harvard MicroChem and Cambridge ProChem. Peptides were subjected to trypsin digestion followed by HPLC chromatography to separate individual peptides. N-terminal amino acid analysis was performed on selected tryptic peptide fragments. Two internal amino acid sequences of peptide A1 (TcdA_(ii)-PK71, SEQ ID NO:38 and TcdA_(ii)-PK44, SEQ ID NO:39) were found to have significant homologies with deduced amino acid sequences of the TcbA_(ii) region of the tcbA gene (SEQ ID NO:12). Similarly, the N-terminal sequence (SEQ ID NO:41) and two internal sequences of peptides A2 (TcdA_(iii)-PK57, SEQ ID NO:42 and TcdA_(iii)-PK20, SEQ ID NO.43) also showed significant homology with deduced amino acid sequences of TcbA_(iii) region of the tcbA gene (SEQ ID NO:12).

[0297] In summary of above results, the toxin complex has at least two active protein toxin complexes against SCR; toxin A and toxin B. Toxin A and toxin B are similar in their native and subunits molecular weight, however, their peptide compositions are different. Toxin A contained peptides TcdA_(ii) and TcdA_(iii) as the major peptides and the toxin B contains TcbA_(ii) and TcbA_(iii) as the major peptides.

[0298] Purification and Characterization of Toxin C, Tca Peptides

[0299] The Photorhabdus protein toxin complex was isolated as described above. Next, about 50 mg toxin was applied to a MonoQ 10/10 column equilibrated with 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 at a flow rate of 2 ml/min. The column was washed with 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH7.0 until the optical density at 280 nm returned to baseline level. The proteins bound to the column were eluted with a linear gradient of 0 to 1M NaCl in 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 at 2 ml/min for 60 min. 2 ml fractions were collected and subjected to Western analysis using pAb TcaB_(ii)-syn antibody (see Example 21) as the primary antibody. Fractions reacted with pAb TcaB_(ii)-syn antibody were combined and solid (NH₄)₂SO₄ was added to a final concentration of 1.7 M. Proteins were then applied to a phenyl-Superose 10/10 column equilibrated with 1.7 M (NH₄)₂SO₄ in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7 at 1 ml/min. Proteins bound to the column were eluted with a linear gradient of 1.7 M (NH₄)₂SO₄, 50 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7.0 to 10 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7.0 at 1 ml/min for 120 min. 2 ml Fractions were collected, dialyzed overnight against 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0, and analyzed by Western blots using pAb TcaB_(ii)-syn antibody as the primary antibody.

[0300] Fractions cross-reacted with the antibody were pooled and applied to a MonoQ 5/5 column which was equilibrated with 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 at 1 ml/min. The proteins bound to the column were eluted at 1 ml/min by a linear gradient of 0 to 1M NaCl in 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 for 30 min.

[0301] Fractions above reacted with pAb TcaB_(ii)-syn antibody were pooled and subjected to a phenyl-Superose 5/5/ column. Solid (NH₄)₂SO₄ added to a final concentration of 1.7 M. The solution was then applied onto the column equilibrated with 1.7 M (NH₄)₂SO₄ in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7 at 1 ml/min. Proteins bound to the column were then eluted with a linear gradient of 1.7 M (NH₄)₂SO₄, 50 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7.0 to 10 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7.0 at 0.5 ml/min for 60 min. Fractions were dialyzed overnight against 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0.

[0302] For the final purification step, fractions reacted with pAb TcaB_(ii)-syn antibody above determined by Western analysis were combined and applied to a Mono Q 5/5 column equilibrated with 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 at 1 ml/min. The proteins bound to the column were eluted at 1 ml/min by a linear gradient of 0 to 1M NaCl in 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 for 30 min.

[0303] The final purified protein fraction contained 6 major peptides examined by SDS-PAGE: 165 kDa, 90 kDa, 64 kDa, 62 kDa, 58 kDa, and 22 kDa. The LD50 of the insecticidal activities of this purified fraction were determined to be 100 ng and 500 ng against SCR and ECB, respectively.

[0304] The above peptides were blotted to PVDF membranes and blots were sent for amino acids analysis and 5 amino acid long N-terminal sequencing at Harvard MicroChem and Cambridge ProChem, respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the 165 kDa peptide was determined to be identical to peptide TcaC (SEQ ID 2, position 1 to 5). The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the 90 kDa peptide was determined to be TcaA_(ii) region of the derived amino acid sequence for the tcaA gene (SEQ ID NO 33, position 254 to 258). The N-terminal amino acid sequence of 64 kDa peptide was determined to be identical to peptide TcaB_(i) (SEQ ID 3, position 1 to 5). The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the 62 kDa peptide was determined to be TcaA_(ii) region of the derived amino acid sequence for the tcaA gene (SEQ ID NO 33, position 489 to 493). The N-terminal amino acid sequence of 58 kDa peptide was determined to be identical to peptide TcaB_(ii) (SEQ ID 5, position 1 to 5). The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the 22 kDa peptide (SEQ ID NO 62) was determined to be TcaA_(i) region, denoted TcaA_(iv), of the derived amino acid sequence for the tcaA gene (SEQ ID NO 34, position 98 to 102). It is noted that all tcaA, tcaB, and tcaC genes reside in the same tca operon (FIG. 6A).

[0305] Five μg of purified Tca fraction, purified toxin A, and purified toxin B were analyzed by Western blot using the following antibodies individually as primary antibody: pAb TcaBii-syn antibody, mAb CF52 antibody, pAb TcdAii-syn antibody, and pAb Tcd_(iii)-syn antibody (Example 21). With pAb TcaB_(ii)-syn antibody only the purified Tca peptides fraction reacted, but not toxin A or toxin B. With mAb CF52 antibody, only toxin B reacted but not Tca peptides fraction or toxin A. With either pAb TcdAii-syn antibody or pAb Tcdiii-syr antibody only toxin A reacted, but not Tca peptides fraction or toxin B. This indicated that the insecticidal activity observed in the purified Tca peptides fraction is independent of toxin A and toxin B. The purified Tca peptide fraction is a third unique protein toxin, denoted toxin C.

EXAMPLE 16 Cleavage and Activation of TcbA Peptide

[0306] In the toxin B complex, peptide TcbA_(ii) and TcbA_(iii) originate from the single gene product TcbA (Example 15). The processing of TcbA peptide to TcbA_(ii) and TcbA_(iii) is presumably by the action of Photorhabdus protease(s), and most likely, the metalloproteases described in Example 10. In some cases, it was noted that when Photorhabdus W-14 broth was processed, TcbA peptide was present in toxin B complex as a major component, in addition to peptides TcbA_(ii) and TcbA_(iii). Identical procedures, described for the purification of toxin B complex (Example 15), were used to enrich peptide TcbA from toxin complex fraction of W-14 broth. The final purified material was analyzed in a 4-20% gradient SDS-PAGE and major peptides were quantified by densitometry. It was determined that TcbA, TcbA_(ii) and TcbA_(iii) comprised 58%, 36%, and 6%, respectively, of total protein. The identities of these peptides were confirmed by their respective molecular sizes in SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis using monospecific antibodies. The native molecular weight of this fraction was determined to be 860 kDa.

[0307] The cleavage of TcbA was evaluated by treating the above purified material with purified 38 kDa and 58 kDa W-14 Photorhabdus metalloproteases (Example 10), and trypsin as a control enzyme (Sigma, Mo.). The standard reaction consisted 17.5 μg the above purified fraction, 1.5 unit protease, and 0.1 M Tris buffer, pH 8.0 in a total volume of 100 μl. For the control reaction, protease was omitted. The reaction mixtures were incubated at 37° C. for 90 min. At the end of the reaction, 20 μl was taken and boiled with SDS-PAGE sample buffer immediately for electrophoresis analysis in a 4-20% gradient SDS-PAGE. It was determined from SDS-PAGE that in both 38 kDa and 58 kDa protease treatments, the amount of peptides TcbA_(ii) and TcbA_(iii) increased about 3-fold while the amount of TcbA peptide decreased proportionally (Table 24). The relative reduction and augmentation of selected peptides was confirmed by Western blot analyses. Furthermore, gel filtration of the cleaved material revealed that the native molecular size of the complex remained the same. Upon trypsin treatment, peptides TcbA and TcbA_(ii) were nonspecifically digested into small peptides. This indicated that 38 kDa and 58 kDa Photorhabdus proteases can specifically process peptide TcbA into peptides TcbA_(ii) and TcbA_(iii). Protease treated and untreated control of the remaining 80 μl reaction mixture were serial diluted with 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 and analyzed by SCR bioassay. By comparing activity in several dilution, it was determined that the 38 kDa protease treatment increased SCR insecticidal activity approximately 3 to 4 fold. The growth inhibition of remaining insects in the protease treatment was also more severe than control (Table 24). TABLE 24 Conversion and Activation of Peptide TcbA into Peptides TcbA_(ii) and TcbA_(iii) by Protease Treatment Control 38 kDa protease treatment TcbA (% of total protein) 58 18 TcbA_(ii) (% of total protein) 36 64 TcbA_(iii) (% of total protein) 6 18 LD50 (μg protein) 2.1 0.52 SCR Weight (mg/insect)* 0.2 0.1

[0308] Activation and Procession of Toxin B by SCR Gut Proteases

[0309] In yet a second demonstration of proteolytic activation, it was examined whether W-14 toxins are processed by insects. Toxin B purified from Photorhabdus W-14 broth (see Example 15) was comprised of predominantly intact TcbA peptides as judged by SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis using monoclonal antibody. The LD50 of this fraction against SCR was determined to be around 700 ng.

[0310] SCR larva were grown on coleopteran diet until they reached the fourth instar stage (about 100-125 mg total weight each insect). SCR gut content was collected as follows: the guts were removed using dissecting scissors and forceps. After removing the excess fatty material that coats the gut lining, about 40 guts were homogenized in a microcentrifuge tube containing 100 μl sterile water. The tube was then centrifuged at 14,000 rpm for 10 minutes and the pellet discarded. The supernatant was stored at a −70° C. freezer until use.

[0311] The processing of toxin B by insect gut was evaluated by treating the above purified toxin B with the SCR gut content collected. The reaction consisted 40 μg toxin B (1 mg/ml), 50 μl SCR gut content, and 0.1M Tris buffer, pH 8.0 in a total volume of 100 μl. For the control reaction, SCR gut content was omitted. The reaction mixtures were incubated at 37° C. for overnight. At the end of reaction, 10 μl was withdraw and boiled with equal volume 2×SDS-PAGE sample buffer for SDS-PAGE analysis. The remaining 90 μl reaction mixture was serial diluted with 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 and analyzed by SCR bioassay. SDS-PAGE analysis indicated in SCR gut content treatment, peptide TcbA was digested completely into smaller peptides. Analysis of the undenatured toxin fraction showed that the native size, about 860 kDa, remained the same even though larger peptides were fragmented. In SCR bioassays, it was found that the LD50 of SCR gut treated toxin B to be about 70 ng; representing a 10-fold increase. In a separate experiment, protease K treatment completely eliminated toxin activity.

EXAMPLE 17 Screening of the Library for a Gene Encoding the TcdA_(ii) Peptide

[0312] The cloning and characterization of a gene encoding the TcdA_(ii) peptide, described as SEQ ID NO:17 (internal peptide TcdA_(ii)-PT111 N-terminal sequence) and SEQ ID NO:18 (internal peptide TcdA_(ii)-PT79 N-terminal sequence) was completed. Two pools of degenerate oligonucleotides, designed to encode the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:17 (Table 25) and SEQ ID NO:18 (Table 26), and the reverse complements of those sequences, were synthesized as described in Example 8. The DNA sequence of the oligonucleotides is given below: TABLE 21 Degenerate Oligonucleotide for SEQ ID NO:17 P2-PT111 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Amino Acid Ala Phe Asn Ile Asp Asp Val Ser Codons 5′ GCN TT(T/C) AA(T/C) AT(T/C/A) GA(T/C) GA(T/C) GTN 3′ P2.3.6.CB 5′ GC(A/C/G/T) TT(T/C) AAT ATT GAT GAT GT 3′ P2.3.5 5′ GC(A/C/G/T) TT(T/C) AA(T/C) AT(T/C/A) GA(T/C) GA(T/C) CT 3′ P2.3.5R 5′ AC (G/A)TC (G/A)TC (T/G/A)AT T(G/A)TT (G/A)AA (A/C/G/T)GC 3′ P2.3.5RI 5′ ACI TCI TCI ATI TTI AAI GC 3′ P2.3R.CB 5′ CAG (A/G)CT (A/C)AC ATC ATC AAT ATT AAA 3′

[0313] TABLE 26 Degenerate Oligonucleotide for SEQ ID NO:18 P2-PT79 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Amino Acid Phe Ile Val Tyr Thr Ser Leu Gly Val Asn Pro Asn Asn Codons* 5′TTY ATH GTN TAY ACH 6 6 GGN GTN AAY CCN AAY AAY 3′ P2.79.2 5′TTY ATY GTK TAT ACY TCI YTR GGY GTK AAT CCR AAT AAT 3′ P2.79.3 5′TTT ATT GTK TAT ACY AGY YTR GGY GTK AAT CCR AAT AAT 3′ P2.79.R.1 5′ATT ATT YGG ATT MAC RCC YAR RCT RGT ATA MAC AAT AAA 3′ P2.79R.CB 5′ATT ATT YGG ATT MAC ACC CAG RCT GGT ATA MAC AAT AAA 3′

[0314] Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR) were performed essentially as described in Example 8, using as forward primers P2.3.6.CB or P2.3.5, and as reverse primers P2.79.R.1 or P2.79R.CB, in all forward/reverse combinations, using Photorhabdus W-14 genomic DNA as template. In another set of reactions, primers P2.79.2 or P2.79.3 were used as forward primers, and P2.3.5R, P2.3.5RI, and P2.3R.CB were used as reverse primers in all forward/reverse combinations. Only in the reactions containing P2.3.6.CB as the forward primers combined with P2.79.R.1 or P2.79R.CB as the reverse primers was a non-artifactual amplified product seen, of estimated size (mobility on agarose gels) of 2500 base pairs. The order of the primers used to obtain this amplification product indicates that the peptide fragment TcdA_(ii)-PT111 lies amino-proximal to the peptide fragment TcdA_(ii)-PT79.

[0315] The 2500 bp PCR products were ligated to the plasmid vector pCR™II (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif.) according to the supplier's instructions, and the DNA sequences across the ends of the insert fragments of two isolates (HS24 and HS27) were determined using the supplier's recommended primers and the sequencing methods described previously. The sequence of both isolates was the same. New primers were synthesized based on the determined sequence, and used to prime additional sequencing reactions to obtain a total of 2557 bases of the insert [SEQ ID NO:36]. Translation of the partial peptide encoded by SEQ ID No: 36 yields the 845 amino acid sequence disclosed as SEQ ID NO:37. Protein homology analysis of this portion of the TcdA_(ii) peptide fragment reveals substantial amino acid homology ((68% similarity, and 53% identity using the Wisconsin Package Version 8.0, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), Madison, Wis.) to residues 542 to 1390 of protein TcbA [SEQ ID NO:12] or (60% similarity, and 54% identity using the Wisconsin Package Version 9.0, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), Madison, Wis. to residues 567 to 1389)). It is therefore apparent that the gene represented in part by SEQ ID NO:36 produces a protein of similar, but not identical, amino acid sequence as the TcbA protein, and which likely has similar, but not identical biological activity as the TcbA protein.

[0316] In yet another instance, a gene encoding the peptides TcdA_(ii)-PK44 and the TcdA_(iii) 58 kDa N-terminal peptide, described as SEQ ID NO:39 (internal peptide TcdA_(ii)-PK44 sequence), and SEQ ID NO:41 (TcdA_(iii) 58 kDa N-terminal peptide sequence) was isolated. Two pools of degenerate oligonucleotides, designed to encode the amino acid sequences described as SEQ ID NO:39 (Table 28) and SEQ ID NO:41 (Table 27), and the reverse complements of those sequences, were synthesized as described in Example 8, and their DNA sequences. TABLE 27 Degenerate Oligonucleotide for SEQ ID NO:41 Codon # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Amino Acid Lei Arg Ser Ala Asn Thr Leu Thr Asp Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln A2.1 5′YIR CGY AGY CGI AAT ACY YIR ACY GAT YIR TTT YIR CCR CA 3′ A2.2 CGI AAT ACI YIR ACI GAY YIR TTY YIR CCI CA 3′ A2.3.R 5′TG YGG YAR AAA YAR RTC RGT YAR RGT RIT IGC RCT RCG 3′ A2.4.R 5′TG IGG CAG AAA CAG RTC IGT CAG IGT ATT IGC 3′

[0317] TABLE 28 Degenerate Oligonucleotide for SEQ ID NO:39 Amino Acid # (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) Codon # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Amino Acid Gly Pro Val Glu Ile Asn Thr Ala Ile A1.44.1 5′GGY CCR GTK GAA ATT AAT ACC GCI AT 3′ A1.44.1R 5′ATI GCG GTA TTA ATT TCM ACY GGR CC 3′ A1.44.2 5′CCI CCI CTI CAR ATY AAY ACI GCI AT 3′ A1.44.2R 5′ATI GCI GTR TTR ATY TCI ACT GGI CC 3′

[0318] Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR) were performed essentially as described in Example 8, using as forward primers A1.44.1 or A1.44.2, and reverse primers A2.3R or A2.4R, in all forward/reverse combinations, using Photorhabdus W-14 genomic DNA as template. In another set of reactions, primers A2.1 or A2.2 were used as forward primers, and A1.44.1R, and A1.44.2R were used as reverse primers in all forward/reverse combinations. Only in the reactions containing A1.44.1 or A1.44.2 as the forward primers combined with A2.3R as the reverse primer was a non-artifactual amplified product seen, of estimated size (mobility on agarose gels) of 1400 base pairs. The order of the primers used to obtain this amplification product indicates that the peptide fragment TcdA_(ii)-PK44 lies amino-proximal to the 58 kDa peptide fragment of TcdA_(iii).

[0319] The 1400 bp PCR products were ligated to the plasmid vector pCR™II according to the supplier's instructions. The DNA sequences across the ends of the insert fragments of four isolates were determined using primers similar in sequence to the supplier's recommended primers and using sequencing methods described previously. The nucleic acid sequence of all isolates differed as expected in the regions corresponding to the degenerate primer sequences, but the amino acid sequences deduced from these data were the same as the actual amino acid sequences for the peptides determined previously, (SEQ ID NOS:41 and 39).

[0320] Screening of the W-14 genomic cosmid library as described in Example 8 with a radiolabeled probe comprised of the DNA prepared above (SEQ ID NO:36) identified five hybridizing cosmid isolates, namely 17D9, 20B10, 21D2, 27B10, and 26D1. These cosmids were distinct from those previously identified with probes corresponding to the genes described as SEQ ID NO:11 or SEQ ID NO:25. Restriction enzyme analysis and DNA blot hybridizations identified three EcoR I fragments, of approximate sizes 3.7, 3.7, and 1.1 kbp, that span the region comprising the DNA of SEQ ID NO:36. Screening of the W-14 genomic cosmid library using as probe the radiolabeled 1.4 kbp DNA fragment prepared in this example identified the same five cosmids (17D9, 20B10, 21D2, 27B10, and 26D1). DNA blot hybridization to EcoR I-digested cosmid DNAs also showed hybridization to the same subset of EcoR I fragments as seen with the 2.5 kbp TcdA_(ii) gene probe, indicating that both fragments are encoded on the genomic DNA.

[0321] DNA sequence determination of the cloned EcoR I fragments revealed an uninterrupted reading frame of 7551 base pairs (SEQ ID NO:46), encoding a 282.9 kDa protein of 2516 amino acids (SEQ ID NO:47). Analysis of the amino acid sequence of this protein revealed all expected internal fragments of peptides TcdA_(ii) (SEQ ID NOS:17, 18, 37, 38 and 39) and the TcdA_(iii) peptide N-terminus (SEQ ID NO:41) and all TcdA_(iii) internal peptides (SEQ ID NOS:42 and 43). The peptides isolated and identified as TcdA_(ii) and TcdA_(iii) are each products of the open reading frame, denoted tcdA, disclosed as SEQ ID NO:46. Further, SEQ ID NO:47 shows, starting at position 89, the sequence disclosed as SEQ ID NO:13, which is the N-terminal sequence of a peptide of size approximately 201 kDa, indicating that the initial protein produced from SEQ ID NO: 46 is processed in a manner similar to that previously disclosed for SEQ ID NO:12. In addition, the protein is further cleaved to generate a product of size 209.2 kDa, encoded by SEQ ID NO:48 and disclosed as SEQ ID NO:49 (TcdA_(ii) peptide), and a product of size 63.6 kDa, encoded by SEQ ID NO:50 and disclosed as SEQ ID NO:51 (TcdA_(iii) peptide). Thus, it is thought that the insecticidal activity identified as toxin A (Example 15) derived from the products of SEQ ID NO:46, as exemplified by the full-length protein of 282.9 kDa disclosed as SEQ ID NO:47, is processed to produce the peptides disclosed as SEQ ID NOS:49 and 51. It is thought that the insecticidal activity identified as toxin B (Example 15) derives from the products of SEQ ID NO:11, as exemplified by the 280.6 kDa protein disclosed as SEQ ID NO:12. This protein is proteolytically processed to yield the 207.6 kDa peptide disclosed as SEQ ID NO:53, which is encoded by SEQ ID NO:52, and the 62.9 kDa peptide having N-terminal sequence disclosed as SEQ ID NO:40, and further disclosed as SEQ ID NO:55, which is encoded by SEQ ID NO:54.

[0322] Amino acid sequence comparisons between the proteins disclosed as SEQ ID NO:12 and SEQ ID NO:47 reveal that they have 69% similarity and 54% identity using the Wisconsin Package Version 8.0, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), Madison, Wis. or 60% similarity and 54% identity using version 9.0 of the program. This high degree of evolutionary relationship is not uniform throughout the entire amino acid sequence of these peptides, but is higher towards the carboxy-terminal end of the proteins, since the peptides disclosed as SEQ ID NO:51 (derived from SEQ ID NO:47) and SEQ ID NO:55 (derived from SEQ ID NO:12) have 76% similarity and 64% identity using the Wisconsin Package Version 8.0, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), Madison, Wis. or 71% similarity and 64% identity using version 9.0 of the program.

EXAMPLE 18 Control of European Cornborer-Induced Leaf Damage on Maize Plants by Spray Application of Photorhabdus (Strain W-14) Broth

[0323] The ability of Photorhabdus toxin(s) to reduce plant damage caused by insect larvae was demonstrated by measuring leaf damage caused by European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) infested onto maize plants treated with Photorhabdus broth. Fermentation broth from Photorhabdus strain W-14 was produced and concentrated approximately 10-fold using ultrafiltration (10,000 MW pore-size) as described in Example 13. The resulting concentrated broth was then filter sterilized using 0.2 micron nitrocellulose membrane filters. A similarly prepared sample of uninoculated 2% proteose peptone #3 was used for control purposes. Maize plants (an inbred line) were grown from seed to vegetative stage 7 or 8 in pots containing a soilless mixture in a greenhouse (27° C. day; 22° C. night, about 50% RH, 14 hr day-length, watered/fertilized as needed). The test plants were arranged in a randomized complete block design (3 reps/treatment, 6 plants/treatment) in a greenhouse with temperature about 22° C. day; 18° C. night, no artificial light and with partial shading, about 50% RH and watered/fertilized as needed. Treatments (uninoculated media and concentrated Photorhabdus broth) were applied with a syringe sprayer, 2.0 mls applied from directly (about 6 inches) over the whorl and 2.0 additional mls applied in a circular motion from approximately one foot above the whorl. In addition, one group of plants received no treatment. After the treatments had dried (approximately 30 minutes), twelve neonate European corn borer larvae (eggs obtained from commercial sources and hatched in-house) were applied directly to the whorl. After one week, the plants were scored for damage to the leaves using a modified Guthrie Scale (Koziel, M. G., Beland, G. L., Bowman, C., Carozzi, N. B., Crenshaw, R., Crossland, L., Dawson, J., Desai, N., Hill, M., Kadwell, S., Launis, K., Lewis, K., Maddox, D., McPherson, K., Meghji, M. Z., Merlin, E., Rhodes, R., Warren, G. W., Wright, M. and Evola, S. V. 1993).

[0324] Bio/Technology, 11, 194-195.) and the scores were compared statistically [T-test (LSD) p<0.05 and Tukey's Studentized Range (HSD) Test p<0.1]. The results are shown in Table 29. For reference, a score of 1 represents no damage, a score of 2 represents fine “window pane” damage on the unfurled leaf with no pinhole penetration and a score of 5 represents leaf penetration with elongated lesions and/or mid rib feeding evident on more than three leaves (lesions <1 inch). These data indicate that broth or other protein containing fractions may confer protection against specific insect pests when delivered in a sprayable formulation or when the gene or derivative thereof, encoding the protein or part thereof, is delivered via a transgenic plant or microbe. TABLE 29 Effect of Photorhabdus Culture Broth on European Corn Borer-Induced Leaf Damage on Maize Treatment Average Guthrie Score No Treatment 5.02^(a) Uninoculated medium 5.15^(a) Photorhabdus Broth 2.24^(b)

EXAMPLE 19 Genetic Engineering of Genes for Expression in E. coli

[0325] Summary of Constructions

[0326] A series of plasmids were constructed to express the tcbA gene of Photorhabdus W-14 in Escherichia coli. A list of the plasmids is shown in Table 30. A brief description of each construction follows as well as a summary of the E. coli expression data obtained. TABLE 30 Expression Plasmids for the tcbA Gene Plasmid Gene Vector/Selection Compartment pDAB2025 tcbA pBC/Chl Intracellular pDAB2026 tcbA pAcGP67B/Amp Baculovirus, secreted pDAB2027 tcbA pET27b/Kan Periplasm pDAB2028 tcbA pET15-tcbA Intracellular

[0327] Construction of pDAB2025

[0328] In Example 9, a large EcoR I fragment which hybridizes to the TcbA_(ii) probe is described. This fragment was subcloned into pBC (Stratagene, La Jolla Calif.) to create pDAB2025. Sequence analysis indicates that the fragment is 8816 base pairs. The fragment encodes the tcbA gene with the initiating ATG at position 571 and the terminating TAA at position 8086. The fragment therefore carries 570 base pairs of Photorhabdus DNA upstream of the ATG and 730 base pairs downstream of the TAA.

[0329] Construction of Plasmid pDAB2026

[0330] The tcbA gene was PCR amplified from plasmid pDAB2025 using the following primers; 5′ primer (SlAc51) 5′ TTT AAA CCA TGG GAA ACT CAT TAT CAA GCA CTA TC 3′ and 3′ primer (SlAc31) 5′ TTT AAA GCG GCC GCT TAA CGG ATG GTA TAA CGA ATA TG 3′. PCR was performed using a TaKaRa LA PCR kit from PanVera (Madison, Wis.) in the following reaction: 57.5 microliters water, 10 microliters 10×LA buffer, 16 microliters dNTPs (2.5 mM each stock solution), 20 microliters each primer at 10 pmoles/ microliters, 300 ng of the plasmid pDAB2025 containing the W-14 tcbA gene and one microliter of TaKaRa LA Taq polymerase. The cycling conditions were 98° C./20 sec, 68° C./5 min, 72° C./10 min for 30 cycles. A PCR product of the expected about 7526 bp was isolated in a 0.8% agarose gel in TBE (100 mM Tris, 90 mM boric acid, 1 mM EDTA) buffer and purified using a Qiaex II kit from Qiagen (Chatsworth, Calif.). The purified tcbA gene was digested with Nco I and Not I and ligated into the baculovirus transfer vector pAcGP67B (PharMingen (San Diego, Calif.)) and transformed into DH5α E. coli. The resulting recombinant is called pDAB2026. The tcbA gene was then cut from pDAB2026 and transferred to pET27b to create plasmid pDAB2027. A missense mutation in the tcbA gene was repaired in pDAB2027.

[0331] The repaired tcbA gene contains two changes from the sequence shown in Sequence ID NO:11; an A>G at 212 changing an asparagine 71 to serine 71 and a G>A at 229 changing an alanine 77 to threonine 77. These changes are both upstream of the proposed TcbA_(ii) N-terminus.

[0332] Construction of pDAB2028

[0333] The tcbA coding region of pDAB2027 was transferred to vector pET15b. This was accomplished using shotgun ligations, the DNAs were cut with restriction enzymes Nco I and Xho I. The resulting recombinant is called pDAB2028.

[0334] Expression of TcbA in E. coli from Plasmid pDAB2028

[0335] Expression of tcbA in E. coli was obtained by modification of the methods previously described by Studier et al. (Studier, F. W., Rosenberg, A., Dunn, J., and Dubendorff, J., (1990) Use of T7 RNA polymerase to direct expression of cloned genes. Methods Enzymol., 185: 60-89.). Competent E. coli cells strain BL21(DE3) were transformed with plasmid pDAB2028 and plated on LB agar containing 100 μg/mL ampicillin and 40 mM glucose. The transformed cells were plated to a density of several hundred isolated colonies/plate. Following overnight incubation at 37° C. the cells were scraped from the plates and suspended in LB broth containing 100 μg/mL ampicillin. Typical culture volumes were from 200-500 mL. At time zero, culture densities (OD600) were from 0.05-0.15 depending on the experiment. Cultures were shaken at one of three temperatures (22° C., 30° C. or 37° C.) until a density of 0.15-0.5 was obtained at which time they were induced with 1 mM isopropylthio-β-galactoside (IPTG). Cultures were incubated at the designated temperature for 4-5 hours and then were transferred to 4° C. until processing (12-72 hours).

[0336] Purification and Characterization of TcbA Expressed in E. coli from Plasmid pDAB2028

[0337]E. coli cultures expressing TcbA peptides were processed as follows. Cells were harvested by centrifugation at 17,000×G and the media was decanted and saved in a separate container.

[0338] The media was concentrated about 8× using the M12 (Amicon, Beverly Mass.) filtration system and a 100 kD molecular mass cut-off filter. The concentrated media was loaded onto an anion exchange column and the bound proteins were eluted with 1.0 M NaCl. The 1.0 M NaCl elution peak was found to cause mortality against Southern corn rootworm (SCR) larvae Table 30). The 1.0 M NaCl fraction was dialyzed against 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer pH 7.0, concentrated, and subjected to gel filtration on Sepharose CL-4B (Pharmacia, Piscataway, N.J.). The region of the CL-4B elution profile corresponding to calculated molecular weight (about 900 kDa) as the native W-14 toxin complex was collected, concentrated and bioassayed against larvae. The collected 900 kDa fraction was found to have insecticidal activity (see Table 31 below), with symptomology similar to that caused by native W-14 toxin complex. This fraction was subjected to Proteinase K and heat treatment, the activity in both cases was either eliminated or reduced, providing evidence that the activity is proteinaceous in nature. In addition, the active fraction tested immunologically positive for the TcbA and TcbA_(iii) peptides in immunoblot analysis when tested with an anti-TcbA_(iii) monoclonal antibody (Table 31). TABLE 31 Results of Immunoblot and SCR Bioassays Native Size SCR Activity Immunoblot [CL-4B % % Growth Peptides Estimated Fraction Mortality Inhibit. Detected Size] TcbA Media 1.0 M +++ +++ TcbA Ion Exchange TcbA Media CL-4B +++ +++ TcbA, about TcbA_(iii) 900 kDa TcbA Media CL-4B + ++ +++ NT Proteinase K TcbA Media CL-4B + − − NT heat treatment TcbA Cell Sup CL-4B − +++ NT about 900 kD

[0339] The cell pellet was resuspended in 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH=7.0, and lysed by passage through a Bio-Neb™ cell nebulizer (Glas-Col Inc., Terra Haute, Ind.). The pellets were treated with DNase to remove DNA and centrifuged at 17,000×g to separate the cell pellet from the cell supernatant. The supernatant fraction was decanted and filtered through a 0.2 micron filter to remove large particles and subjected to anion exchange chromatography. Bound proteins were eluted with 1.0 M NaCl, dialyzed and concentrated using Biomax™ (Millipore Corp, Bedford, Mass.) concentrators with a molecular mass cut-off of 50,000 Daltons. The concentrated fraction was subjected to gel filtration chromatography using Sepharose CL-4B beaded matrix. Bioassay data for material prepared in this way is shown in Table 30 and is denoted as “TcbA Cell Sup”.

[0340] In yet another method to handle large amounts of material, the cell pellets were re-suspended in 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH=7.0 and thoroughly homogenized by using a Kontes Glass Company (Vineland, N.J.) 40 ml tissue grinder. The cellular debris was pelleted by centrifugation at 25,000×g and the cell supernatant was decanted, passed through a 0.2 micron filter and subjected to anion exchange chromatography using a Pharmacia 10/10 column packed with Poros HQ 50 beads. The bound proteins were eluted by performing a NaCl gradient of 0.0 to 1.0 M. Fractions containing the TcbA protein were combined and concentrated using a 50 kDa concentrator and subjected to gel filtration chromatography using Pharmacia CL-4B beaded matrix. The fractions containing TcbA oligomer, molecular mass of approximately 900 kDa, were collected and subjected to anion exchange chromatography using a Pharmacia Mono Q 10/10 column equilibrated with 20 mM Tris buffer pH=7.3. A gradient of 0.0 to 1.0 M NaCl was used to elute recombinant TcbA protein. Recombinant TcbA eluted from the column at a salt concentration of approximately 0.3-0.4 M NaCl, the same molarity at which native TcbA oligomer is eluted from the Mono Q 10/10 column. The recombinant TcbA fraction was found to cause SCR mortality in bioassay experiments similar to those in Table 31.

[0341] A second set of expression constructions were prepared and tested for expression of the TcbA protein toxin.

[0342] Construction of pDAB2030: An Expression Plasmid for the tcbA Coding Region

[0343] The plasmid pDAB2028 (see herein) contains the tcbA coding region in the commercial vector pET15 (Novagen, Madison, Wis.), encodes an ampicillin selection marker. The plasmid pDAB2030 was created to express the tcbA coding region from a plasmid which encodes a kanamycin selection marker. This was done by cutting pET27 (Novagen, Madison, Wis.) a kanamycin selection plasmid, and pDAB2028 with Xba I and Xho I. This releases the entire multiple cloning site, including the tcbA coding region from plasmid pDAB2028. The two cut plasmids, were mixed and ligated. Recombinant plasmids were selected on kanamycin and those containing the pDAB2028 fragment were identified by restriction analysis. The new recombinant plasmid is called pDAB2030.

[0344] Construction of Plasmid pDAB2031: Correction of Mutations in tcbA_(i)

[0345] The two mutations in the N-terminus of the tcbA coding region as described in Example 19 (Sequence ID NO:11; A>G at 212 changing an asparagine 71 to serine 71; G>A at 229 changing an alanine 77 to threonine 77) were corrected as follows: A PCR product was generated using the primers TH50 (5′ ACC GTC TTC TTT ACG ATC AGT G 3′) and SlAc51(5′ TTT AAA CCA TGG GAA ACT CAT TAT CAA GCA CTA TC 3′)and pDAB2025 as template to generate a 1778 bp product. This PCR product was cloned into plasmid pCR2.1 (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif.) and a clone was isolated and sequenced. The clone was digested with Nco I and Pin AI and a 1670 bp fragment was purified from a 1% agarose gel. A plasmid containing the mutated tcbA coding region (pDAB2030) was digested with Nco I and Not I and purified away from the 1670 bp fragment in a 0.8% agarose with Qiaex II (Qiagen, Chatsworth, Calif.). The corrected Nco I/Pin AI fragment was then ligated into pDAB2030. The ligated DNA was transformed into DH5α E. coli. A clone was isolated, sequenced and found to be correct. This plasmid, containing the corrected tcbA coding region, is called pDAB2031.

[0346] Construction of pDAB2033 and pDAB2034: Expression Plasmids for tcbA

[0347] The expression plasmids pDAB2025 and pDAB2027-2031 all rely on the Bacteriophage T7 expression system. An additional vector system was used for bacterial expression of the tcbA gene and its derivatives. The expression vector Trc99a (Pharmacia Biotech, Piscataway, N.J.) contains a strong trc promoter upstream of a multiple cloning site with a 5′ Nco I site which is compatible with the tcbA coding region from pDAB2030 and 2031. However, the plasmid does not have a compatible 3′ site. Therefore, the Hind III site of Trc99a was cut and made blunt by treatment with T4 DNA polymerase (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, Ind.). The vector plasmid was then cut by Nco I followed by treatment with alkaline phosphatase. The plasmids pDAB2030 and pDAB2031 were each cut with Xho I (cuts at the 3′ end of the tcbA coding region) followed by treatment with T4 DNA polymerase to blunt the ends. The plasmids were then cut with Nco I, the DNAs were extracted with phenol, ethanol precipitated and resuspended in buffer. The Trc99a and pDAB2030 and pDAB2031 plasmids were mixed separately, ligated and transformed into DH5α cells and plated on LB media containing ampicillin and 50 mM glucose. Recombinant plasmids were identified by restriction digestion. The new plasmids are called pDAB2033 (contains the tcbA coding sequence with the two mutations in tcbA_(i)) and pDAB2034 (contains the corrected version of tcbA from pDAB2031).

[0348] Construction of Plasmid pDAB2032: An Expression Plasmid for tcbA_(ii)A_(iii)

[0349] A plasmid encoding the TcbA_(ii)A_(iii) portion of TcbA was created in a similar way as plasmid pDAB2031. A PCR product was generated using TH42 (5′ TAG GTC TCC ATG GCT TTT ATA CAA GGT TAT AGT GAT CTG 3′) and TH50 (5′ ACC GTC TTC TTT ACG ATC AGT G 3′) primers and plasmid pDAB2025 as template. This yielded a product of 1521 bp having an initiation codon at the beginning of the coding sequence of tcbA_(ii). This PCR product was isolated in a 1% agarose gel and purified. The purified product was cloned into pCR2.1 as above and a correct clone was identified by DNA sequence analysis. This clone was digested with Nco I and Pin AI, a 1414 bp fragment was isolated in a 1% agarose gel and ligated into the Nco I and Pin AI sites of plasmid pDAB2030 and transformed into DH5α E. coli. This new plasmid, designed to express TcbA_(ii)A_(iii) in E. coli, is called pDAB2032.

[0350] Expression of tcbA and tcbA_(ii)A_(iii) from Plasmids pDAB2030, pDAB2031 and pDAB2032

[0351] Expression of tcbA in E. coli from plasmids pDAB2030, pDAB2031 and pDAB2032 was as described herein, except expression of tcbA_(ii)A_(iii) was done in E. coli strain HMS174(DE3) (Novagen, Madison, Wis.).

[0352] Expression of tcbA from Plasmid pDAB2033

[0353] The plasmid pDAB2033 was transformed into BL21 cells (Novagen, Madison, Wis.) and plated on LB containing 100 micrograms/mL ampicillin and 50 mM glucose. The plates were spread such that several hundred well separated colonies were present on each plate following incubation at either 30° C. or 37° C. overnight. The colonies were scraped from the plates and suspended in LB containing 100 micrograms/mL ampicillin, but no glucose. Typical culture volume was 250 mL in a single 1 L baffle bottom flask. The cultures were induced when the culture reached a density of 0.3-0.6 OD600 nm. Most often this density was achieved immediately after suspension of the cells from the plates and did not require a growth period in liquid media. Two induction methods were used. Method 1: cells were induced with 1 mM IPTG at 37° C. The cultures were shaken at 200 rpm on a platform shaker for 5 hours and harvested. Method 2: The cultures were induced with 25 micromolar IPTG at 30° C. and shaken at 200 rpm for 15 hours at either 20° C. or 30° C. The cultures were stored at 4° C. until used for purification.

[0354] Purification of TcbA from E. coli

[0355] Purification, bioassay and immunoblot analysis of TcbA and TcbA_(ii)A_(iii) was as described herein. Results of several representative E. coli expression experiments are shown in Table 32. All materials shown in Table 32 were purified from the media fraction of the cultures. The predicted native molecular weight is approximately 900 kD as described herein. The purity of the samples, the amount of TcbA relative to contaminating proteins, varied with each preparation. TABLE 32 Bioassay Activity and Immunoblot Analysis of TcbA and Derivatives Produced in E. coli and Purified from the Culture Media Southern Corn Rootworm Bioassay Peptides Micrograms E. Activity Detected Protein Coding coli % Growth % by Applied to Plasmid Region Strain Inhibit. Mortal. Immunoblot Diet pDAB2030 tcbA BL21 − +++ TcbA + TcbA_(iii) 1-8 (DE3) pDAB2031 tcbA BL21 − +++ TcbA + TcbA_(iii)  1-10 (DE3) pDAB2033 tcbA BL21 − +++ TcbA + TcbA_(iii) 1-2 pDAB2032 tcbA_(ii)A_(iii) HMS174 +++ + TcbA_(ii)A_(iii + TcbA) _(iii) 13-27 (DE3)

EXAMPLE 20 Characterization of Toxin Peptides with Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectroscopy

[0356] Toxins isolated from W-14 broth were purified as described in Example 15. In some cases, the TcaB protein toxin was pretreated with proteases (Example 16) that had been isolated from W-14 broth as previously described (Example 15). Protein molecular mass was determined using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy, hereinafter MALDI-TOF, on a VOYAGER BIOSPECTROMETRY workstation with DELAYED EXTRACTION technology (PerSeptive Biosystems, Framingham, MASS.). Typically, the protein of interest (100-500 pmoles in 5 μl) was mixed with 1 μl of acetonitrile and dialyzed for 0.5 to 1 h on a Millipore VS filter having a pore size of 0.025 μM (Millipore Corp. Bedford, Mass.) Dialysis was performed by floating the filter on water(shinny side up) followed by adding protein-acetonitrile mixture as a droplet to the surface of the filter. After dialysis, the dialyzed protein removed using a pipette and was then mixed with a matrix consisting of sinapinic acid and trifluoroacetic acid according to manufacturers instructions. The protein and matrix were allowed to co-crystallize on a about 3 cm² gold-plated sample plate (PerSeptive Corp.). Excitation of the crystals and subsequent mass analysis was performed using the following conditions: laser setting of 3050; pressure of 4.55e-07; low mass gate of 1500.0; negative ions off; accelerating voltage of 25,000; grid voltage of 90.0%; guide wire voltage of 0.010%; linear mode; and a pulse delay time of 350 ns.

[0357] Protein mass analysis data are shown in Table 33. The data obtained from MALDI-TOF was compared to that hypothesized from gene sequence information and as previously determined by SDS-PAGE. TABLE 33 Molecular Analysis of Peptides by MALDI-TOF, SDS-PAGE and Predicted Determination Based on Gene Sequence Peptide Predicted (Gene) SDS PAGE MALDI-TOF TcbA 280,634 Da 240,000 Da 281,040 Da TcbA_(i/ii) 217,710 Da not resolved 216,812 Da TcbA_(ii) 207,698 Da 201,000 Da 206,473 Da TcbA_(iii)  62,943 Da  58,000 Da  63,520 Da TcdA_(ii) 209,218 Da 188,000 Da 208,186 Da TcdA_(iii)  63,520 Da  56,000 Da  63,544 Da TcbA_(ii) Protease Generated 201,000 Da 216,614 Da{circumflex over ( )} 215,123 Da{circumflex over ( )} 210,391 Da{circumflex over ( )} 208,680 Da{circumflex over ( )} TcbA_(iii) Protease Generated  56,000 Da  64,111 Da

EXAMPLE 21 Production of Peptide Specific Polyclonal Antibodies

[0358] Nine peptide components of the W-14 toxin complex, namely, TcaA, TcaA_(iii), TcaB_(i), TcaB_(ii), TcaC, TcbA_(ii), TcbA_(iii), TcdA_(ii), and TcdA_(iii) were selected as targets against which antibodies were produced. Comprehensive DNA and deduced amino acid sequence data for these peptides indicated that the sequence homology between some of these peptides was substantial. If a whole peptide was used as the immunogen to induce antibody production, the resulting antibodies might bind to multiple peptides in the toxin preparation. To avoid this problem antibodies were generated that would bind specifically to a unique region of each peptide of interest. The unique region (subpeptide) of each target peptide was selected based on the analyses described below.

[0359] Each entire peptide sequence was analyzed using MacVector™ Protein Analysis Tool (IBI Sequence Analysis Software, International Biotechnologies, Inc., P. O. Box 9558, New Haven, Conn. 06535) to determine its antigenicity index. This program was designed to locate possible externally-located amino acid sequences, i.e., regions that might be antigenic sites. This method combined information from hydrophilicity, surface probability, and backbone flexibility predictions along with the secondary structure predictions in order to produce a composite prediction of the surface contour of a protein. The scores for each of the analyses were normalized to a value between −1.0 and +1.0 (MacVector™ Manual). The antigenicity index value was obtained for the entire sequence of the target peptide. From each peptide, an area covering 19 or more amino acids that showed a high antigenicity index from the original sequence was re-analyzed to determine the antigenicity index of the subpeptide without the flanking residues. This re-analysis was necessary because the antigenicity index of a peptide could be influenced by the flanking amino acid residues. If the isolated subpeptide sequence did not maintain a high antigenicity index, a new region was chosen and the analysis was repeated.

[0360] Each selected subpeptide sequence was aligned and compared to all seven target peptide sequences using MacVector™ alignment program. If a selected subpeptide sequence showed identity (greater than 20%) to another target peptide, a new 19 or more amino acid region was isolated and re-analyzed. Unique subpeptide sequences covering 19 or more amino acid showing high antigenicity index were selected from all target peptides.

[0361] The sequences of seven subpeptides were sent to Genemed Biotechnology Inc. The last amino acid residue on each subpeptide was deleted because it showed no apparent effect on the antigenicity index. A cysteine residue was added to the N-terminal of each subpeptide sequence, except TcaB_(i)-syn which contains an internal cysteine residue. The present of a cysteine residue facilitates conjugation of a carrier protein (KLH). The final peptide products corresponding to the appropriate toxin peptides and SEQ ID NO.s are shown in Table 34. TABLE 34 Amino Acid Sequences for Synthetic Peptides SEQ ID No. Pepide Amino Acid Sequence 63 TcaA_(ii)-syn NH2-(C) L R G N S P T N P D K D G I F A Q V A 64 TcaA_(iii)-syn NH2-(C) Y T P D Q T P S F Y E T A F R S A D G 65 TcaB_(i)-syn NH2-H G Q S Y N D N N Y C N F T L S I N T 66 TcaB_(iii)-syn NH2-(C) V D P K T L Q R Q Q A G G D G T G S S 67 TcaC-syn NH2-(C) Y K A P Q R Q E D G D S N A V T Y D K 68 TcbA_(ii)-syn NH2-(C) Y N E N P S S E D K K W Y F S S K D D 69 TcbA_(iii)-syn NH2-(C) F D S Y S Q L Y E E N I N A G E Q R A 70 TcdA_(ii)-syn NH2-(C) N P N N S S N K L M F Y P V Y Q Y S G N T 71 TcdA_(iii)-syn NH2-(C) V S Q G S G S A G S G N N N L A F G A G

[0362] Each conjugated synthetic peptide was injected into two rabbits according to Genemed accelerated program. The pre- and post-immune sera were available for testing after one month.

[0363] The preliminary test of both pre- and post-immune sera from each rabbit was performed by Genemed Biotechnologies Inc. Genemed reported that by using both ELISA and Western blot techniques, they detected the reaction of post-immune sera to the respective synthetic peptides. Subsequently, the sera were tested with the whole target peptides, by Western blot analysis. Two batches of partially purified Photorhabdus strain W-14 toxin complex was used as the antigen. The two samples had shown activity against the Southern corn rootworm. Their peptide patterns on an SDS-PAGE gel were slightly different.

[0364] Pre-cast SDS-polyacrylamide gels with 4-20% gradient (Integrated Separation Systems, Natick, Mass. 01760) were used. Between 1 to 8 μg of protein was applied to each gel well. Electrophoresis was performed and the protein was electroblotted onto Hybond-ECL™ nitrocellulose membrane (Amersham International). The membrane was blocked with 10% milk in TBST (25 mM Tris HCl pH 7.4, 136 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 0.1% Tween 20) for one hour at room temperature. Each rabbit serum was diluted in 10% milk/TBST to 1:500. Other dilutions between 1:50 to 1:1000 were also used. The serum was added to the membrane and placed on a platform rocker for at least one hour. The membrane was washed thoroughly with the blocking solution or TBST. A 1:2000 dilution of secondary antibodies (goat anti-mouse IgG conjugated to horse radish peroxidase; BioRad Laboratories) in 10% milk/TBST was applied to the membrane placed on a platform rocker for one hour. The membrane was subsequently washed with excess amount of TBST. The detection of the protein was performed by using an ECL (Enhanced Chemiluminescence) detection kit (Amersham International).

[0365] Western blot analyses were performed to identify binding specificity of each anti-synthetic peptide antibodies. All synthetic polyclonal antibodies showed specificity toward to processed and, when applicable, unprocessed target peptides from protein fractions derived from Photorhabdus culture broth. Various antibodies were shown to recognize either unprocessed or processed recombinant proteins derived from heterologous expression systems such as bacteria or insect cells, using baculovirus expression constructs. In one case, the anti-TcbA_(iii)-syn antibody showed some cross-reactivity to anti-TcdA_(iii) peptide. In a second case, the anti-TcaC-syn antibody, recognized an unidentified 190 kDa peptide in W-14 toxin complex fractions.

EXAMPLE 22 Characterization of Photorhabdus Strains

[0366] In order to establish that the collection described herein was comprised of Photorhabdus strains, the strains herein were assessed in terms of recognized microbiological traits that are characteristic of the bacterial genus Photorhabdus and which differentiate it from other Enterobacteriaceae and Xenorhabdus spp. (Farmer, J. J. 1984. Bergey's Manual of Systemic Bacteriology, Vol 1. pp. 510-511. (ed. Kreig N. R. and Holt, J. G.). Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore.; Akhurst and Boemare, 1988, J. Gen. Microbiol. 134, 1835-1845; Forst and Nealson, 1996. Microbiol. Rev. 60, 21-43). These characteristic traits are as follows: Gram stain negative rods, organism size of 0.3-2 μm in width and 2-10 μm in length [with occasional filaments (15-50 μm) and spheroplasts], yellow to orange/red colony pigmentation on nutrient agar, presence of crystalline inclusion bodies, presence of catalase, inability to reduce nitrate, presence of bioluminescence, ability to take up dye from growth media, positive for protease production, growth at temperatures below 37° C., survival under anaerobic conditions and positively motile. (Table 33). Test methods were checked using reference Escherichia coli, Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus strains. The overall results are consistent with all strains being part of the family Enterobacteriaceae and the genus Photorhabdus. Note that DEP1, DEP2, and DEP3 refer to Photorhabdus strains obtained from the American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Md. 20852 USA (#29304, 29999 and 51583, respectively).

[0367] A luminometer was used to establish the bioluminescence associated with these Photorhabdus strains. To measure the presence or absence of relative light emitting units, the broths from each strain (cells and media) were measured at three time intervals after inoculation in liquid culture (24, 48, 72 hr) and compared to background luminosity (uninoculated media). Several Xenorhabdus strains were tested as negative controls for luminosity. Prior to measuring light emission from the various broths, cell density was established by measuring light absorbance (560 nM) in a Gilford Systems (Oberlin, Ohio) spectrophotometer using a sipper cell. The resulting light emitting units could then be normalized to density of cells. Aliquots of the broths were placed into 96-well microliter plates (100 A1 each) and read in a Packard Lumicount™ luminometer (Packard Instrument Co., Meriden, Conn.). The measurement period for each sample was 0.1 to 1.0 second. The samples were agitated in the luminometer for 10 sec prior to taking readings. A positive test was determined as being about 5-fold background luminescence (about 1-15 relative light units). In addition, degree of colony luminosity was confirmed with photographic film overlays and by eye, after visual adaptation in a darkroom. The Gram's staining characteristics of each strain were established with a commercial Gram's stain kit (BBL, Cockeysville, Md.) used in conjunction with Gram's stain control slides (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa.). Microscopic evaluation was then performed using a Zeiss microscope (Carl Zeiss, Germany) 100× oil immersion objective lens (with 10× ocular and 2× body magnification). Microscopic examination of individual strains for organism size, cellular description and inclusion bodies (the latter two observations after logarithmic growth) was performed using wet mount slides (10× ocular, 2× body and 40× objective magnification) and phase contrast microscopy with a micrometer (Akhurst, R. J. and Boemare, N. E. 1990. Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Biological Control (ed. Gaugler, R. and Kaya, H.). pp. 75-90. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA.; Baghdiguian S., Boyer-Giglio M. H., Thaler, J. O., Bonnot G., Boemare N. 1993. Biol. Cell 79, 177-185.). Colony pigmentation was observed after inoculation on Bacto nutrient agar, (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) prepared as per label instructions. Incubation occurred at 28° C. and descriptions were produced after 5 days. To test for the presence of the enzyme catalase, a colony of the test organism was removed on a small plug from a nutrient agar plate and placed into the bottom of a glass test tube. One ml of a household hydrogen peroxide solution was gently added down the side of the tube. A positive reaction was recorded when bubbles of gas (presumptive oxygen) appeared immediately or within 5 seconds. Controls of uninoculated nutrient agar and hydrogen peroxide solution were also examined. To test for nitrate reduction, each culture was inoculated into 10 ml of Bacto Nitrate Broth (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.). After 24 hours incubation with gentle agitation at 28° C., nitrite production was tested by the addition of two drops of sulfanilic acid reagent and two drops of alpha-naphthylamine reagent (see Difco Manual, 10th edition, Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich., 1984). The generation of a distinct pink or red color indicates the formation of nitrite from nitrate whereas the lack of color formation indicates that the strain is nitrate reduction negative. In the latter case, finely powdered zinc was added to further confirm the presence of unreduced nitrate; established by the formation of nitrite and the resultant red color. The ability of each strain to uptake dye from growth media was tested with Bacto MacConkey agar containing the dye neutral red; Bacto Tergitol-7 agar containing the dye bromothymol blue and Bacto EMB Agar containing the dye eosin-Y (formulated agars from Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich., all prepared according to label instructions). After inoculation on these media, dye uptake was recorded after incubation at 28° C. for 5 days. Growth on these latter media is characteristic for members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Motility of each strain was tested using a solution of Bacto Motility Test Medium (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) prepared as per label instructions. A butt-stab inoculation was performed with each strain and motility was judged macroscopically by a diffuse zone of growth spreading from the line of inoculum. The production of protease was tested by observing hydrolysis of gelatin using Bacto gelatin (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) made as per label instructions. Cultures were inoculated and the tubes or plates were incubated at 28° C. for 5 days. Gelatin hydrolysis was then checked at room temperature, i.e. less than 22° C. To assess growth at different temperatures, agar plates [2% proteose peptone #3 with two percent Bacto-Agar (Difco, Detroit, Mich.) in deionized water] were streaked from a common source of inoculum. Plates were incubated at 20, 28 and 37° C. for up to three weeks. The incubator temperature levels were checked with an electronic thermocouple and meter to insure valid temperature settings. Oxygen requirements for Photorhabdus strains were tested in the following manner. A butt-stab inoculation into fluid thioglycolate broth medium (Difco, Detroit, Mich.) was made. The tubes were incubated at room temperature for one week and cultures were then examined for type and extent of growth. The indicator resazurin demonstrates the presence of medium oxygenation or the aerobiosis zone (Difco Manual, 10th edition, Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.). Growth zone results obtained for the Photorhabdus strains tested were consistent with those of a facultative anaerobic microorganism. In the case of unclear results, the final agar concentration of fluid thioglycolate broth medium was raised to 0.75% and the growth characteristics rechecked. TABLE 35 Taxonomic Traits of Photorhabdus Strains Strain A* B C D E F G H I J^(§) K L M N O P Q P. −^(†) + + rd S + − + + + PO + + + + + + − zealandica P. hepialus − + + rd S + − + + + Y + + + + + + − HB-Arg − + + rd S + − + + + W + + + + + + − HB Oswego − + + rd S + − + + + W + + + + + + − HB Lewiston − + + rd S + − + + + T + + + + + + − K-122 − + + rd S + − + + + Y + + + + + + − HMGD − + + rd S + − + + + Rd + + + + + + − Indicus − + + rd S + − + + + W + + + + + + − GD − + + rd S + − + + + YT + + + + + + − PWH-5 − + + rd S + − + + + Y + + + + + + − Megidis − + + rd S + − + + + R + + + + + + − HF-85 − + + rd S + − + + + R + + + + + + − A. Cows − + + rd S + − + + + PR + + + + + + − MP1 − + + rd S + − + + + T + + + + + + − MP2 − + + rd S + − + + + T + + + + + + − MP3 − + + rd S + − + + + R + + + + + + − MP4 − + + rd S + − + + + Y + + + + + + − MP5 − + + rd S + − + + + PR + + + + + + − GL98 − + + rd S + − + + + W + + + + + + − GL101 − + + rd S + − + + + W + + + + + + − GL138 − + + rd S + − + + + W + + + + + + − GL155 − + + rd S + − + + + W + + + + + + − GL217 − + + rd S + − + + + Y + + + + + + − GL257 − + + rd S + − + + + O + + + + + + − DEP1 − + + rd S + − + + + W + + + + + + − DEP2 − + + rd S + − + + + PR + + + + + + − DEP3 − + + rd S + − + + + CR + + + + + + − #Tergitol-7 agar, N = Facultative anaerobe, O = Growth at 20° C., P = Growth at 28° C., Q = Growth at 37° C.

[0368] The evolutionary diversity of the Photorhabdus strains in our collection was measured by analysis of PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) mediated genomic fingerprinting using genomic DNA from each strain. This technique is based on families of repetitive DNA sequences present throughout the genome of diverse bacterial species (reviewed by Versalovic, J., Schneider, M., D E Bruijn, F. J. and Lupski, J. R. 1994. Methods Mol. Cell. Biol., 5, 25-40). Three of these, repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence (REP), enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) and the BOX element are thought to play an important role in the organization of the bacterial genome. Genomic organization is believed to be shaped by selection and the differential dispersion of these elements within the genome of closely related bacterial strains can be used to discriminate these strains (e.g., Louws, F. J., Fulbright, D. W., Stephens, C. T. and D E Bruijn, F. J. 1994. Appl. Environ. Micro. 60, 2286-2295). Rep-PCR utilizes oligonucleotide primers complementary to these repetitive sequences to amplify the variably sized DNA fragments lying between them. The resulting products are separated by electrophoresis to establish the DNA “fingerprint” for each strain.

[0369] To isolate genomic DNA from our strains, cell pellets were resuspended in TE buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0) to a final volume of 10 ml and 12 ml of 5 M NaCl was then added. This mixture was centrifuged 20 min. at 15,000×g. The resulting pellet was resuspended in 5.7 ml of TE and 300 μl of 10% SDS and 60 μl 20 mg/ml proteinase K (Gibco BRL Products, Grand Island, N.Y.) were added. This mixture was incubated at 37° C. for 1 hr, approximately 10 mg of lysozyme was then added and the mixture was incubated for an additional 45 min. One milliliter of 5M NaCl and 800 μl of CTAB/NaCl solution (10% w/v CTAB, 0.7 M NaCl) were then added and the mixture was incubated 10 min. at 65° C., gently agitated, then incubated and agitated for an additional 20 min. to aid in clearing of the cellular material. An equal volume of chloroform/isoamyl alcohol solution (24:1, v/v) was added, mixed gently then centrifuged. Two extractions were then performed with an equal volume of phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (50:49:1). Genomic DNA was precipitated with 0.6 volume of isopropanol. Precipitated DNA was removed with a glass rod, washed twice with 70% ethanol, dried and dissolved in 2 ml of STE (10 mM Tris-HCl pH8.0, 10 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA) The DNA was then quantitated by optical density at 260 nm. To perform rep-PCR analysis of Photorhabdus genomic DNA the following primers were used, REP1R-I; 5′-IIIICGICGICATCIGGC-3′ and REP2-I; 5′-ICGICTTATCIGGCCTAC-3′. PCR was performed using the following 25 μl reaction: 7.75 μl H₂O, 2.5 μl 10×LA buffer (PanVera Corp., Madison, Wis.), 16 μl dNTP mix (2.5 mM each), 1 μl of each primer at 50 pM/μl, 1 μl DMSO, 1.5 μl genomic DNA (concentrations ranged from 0.075-0.480 μg/μl) and 0.25 μl TaKaRa EX Taq (PanVera Corp., Madison, Wis.). The PCR amplification was performed in a Perkin Elmer DNA Thermal Cycler (Norwalk, Conn.) using the following conditions: 95° C./7 min. then 35 cycles of; 94° C./1 min.,44° C./1 min., 65° C./8 min., followed by 15 min. at 65° C. After cycling, the 25 μl reaction was added to 5 μl of 6×gel loading buffer (0.25% bromophenol blue, 40% w/v sucrose in H₂O). A 15×20 cm 1%-agarose gel was then run in TBE buffer (0.09 M Tris-borate, 0.002 M EDTA) using 8 μl of each reaction. The gel was run for approximately 16 hours at 45v. Gels were then stained in 20 μg/ml ethidium bromide for 1 hour and destained in TBE buffer for approximately 3 hours. Polaroid® photographs of the gels were then taken under UV illumination.

[0370] The presence or absence of bands at specific sizes for each strain was scored from the photographs and entered as a similarity matrix in the numerical taxonomy software program, NTSYS-pc (Exeter Software, Setauket, N.Y.). Controls of E. coli strain HB101 and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae assayed under the same conditions produced PCR fingerprints corresponding to published reports (Versalovic, J., Koeuth, T. and Lupski, J. R. 1991. Nucleic Acids Res. 19, 6823-6831; Vera Cruz, C. M., Halda-Alija, L., Louws, F., Skinner, D. Z., George, M. L., Nelson, R. J., D E Bruijn, F. J., Rice, C. and Leach, J. E. 1995. Int. Rice Res. Notes, 20, 23-24.; Vera Cruz, C. M., Ardales, E. Y., Skinner, D. Z., Talag, J., Nelson, R. J., Louws, F. J., Leung, H., Mew, T. W. and Leach, J. E. 1996. Phytopathology 86, 1352-1359). The data from Photorhabdus strains were then analyzed with a series of programs within NTSYS-pc; SIMQUAL (Similarity for Qualitative data) to generate a matrix of similarity coefficients (using the Jaccard coefficient) and SAHN (Sequential, Agglomerative, Heirarchical and Nested) clustering [using the UPGMA (Unweighted Pair-Group Method with Arithmetic Averages) method] which groups related strains and can be expressed as a phenogram (FIG. 7). The COPH (cophenetic values) and MXCOMP (matrix comparison) programs were used to generate a cophenetic value matrix and compare the correlation between this and the original matrix upon which the clustering was based. A resulting normalized Mantel statistic (r) was generated which is a measure of the goodness of fit for a cluster analysis (r=0.8-0.9 represents a very good fit). In our case r=0.924. Therefore, the collection is comprised of a diverse group of easily distinguishable strains representative of the Photorhabdus genus.

EXAMPLE 23 Insecticidal Utility of Toxin(s) Produced by Various Photorhabdus Strains

[0371] Initial “storage” cultures of the various Photorhabdus strains were produced by inoculating 175 ml of 2% Proteose Peptone #3 (PP3) (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) liquid medium with a primary variant colony in a 500 ml tribaffled flask with a Delong neck, covered with a Kaput closure. After inoculation, the flask was incubated for between 24-72 hrs at 28° C. on a rotary shaker at 150 rpm, until stationary phase was reached. The culture was transferred to a sterile bottle containing a sterile magnetic stir bar and the culture was overlayered with sterile mineral oil, to limit exposure to air. The storage culture was kept in the dark, at room temperature. These cultures were then used as inoculum sources for the fermentation of each strain.

[0372] “Seed” flasks or cultures were produced by either inoculating 2 mls of an oil overlayered storage culture or by transferring a primary variant colony into 175 ml sterile medium in a 500 ml tribaffled flask covered with a Kaput closure. (The use of other inoculum sources is also possible.) Typically, following 16 hours incubation at 28° C. on a rotary shaker at 150 rpm, the seed culture was transferred into production flasks. Production flasks were usually inoculated by adding about 1% of the actively growing seed culture to sterile 2% PP3 medium (e.g. 2.0 ml per 175 ml sterile medium). Production of broths occurred in 500 ml tribaffled flasks covered with a Kaput. Production flasks were agitated at 28° C. on a rotary shaker at 150 rpm. Production fermentations were terminated after 24-72 hrs although successful fermentation is not confined to this time duration. Following appropriate incubation, the broths were dispensed into sterile 1.0 L polyethylene bottles, spun at 2600×g for 1 hr at 10° C. and decanted from the cell and debris pellet. Further broth clarification was achieved with a tangential flow microfiltration device (Pall Filtron, Northborough, Mass.) using a 0.5 μM open-channel poly-ether sulfone (PES) membrane filter. The resulting broths were then concentrated (up to 10-fold) using a 10,000 or 100,000 MW cut-off membrane, M12 ultra-filtration device (Amicon, Beverly Mass.) or centrifugal concentrators (Millipore, Bedford, Mass. and Pall Filtron, Northborough, Mass.) with a 10,000 or 100,000 MW pore size. In the case of centrifugal concentrators, the broth was spun at 2000×g for approximately 2 hr. The membrane permeate was added to the corresponding retentate to achieve the desired concentration of components greater than the pore size used. Following these procedures, the broth was used for biochemical analysis or filter sterilized using a 0.2 μM cellulose nitrate membrane filter for biological assessment. Heat inactivation of processed broth samples was achieved by heating the samples at 100° C. in a sand-filled heat block for 10 minutes.

[0373] The broth(s) and toxin complex(es) from different Photorhabdus strains are useful for reducing populations of insects and were used in a method of inhibiting an insect population which comprises applying to a locus of the insect an effective insect inactivating amount of the active described. A demonstration of the breadth of insecticidal activity observed from broths of a selected group of Photorhabdus strains fermented as described above is shown in Table 36. It is possible that improved or additional insecticidal activities could be detected with these strains through increased concentration of the broth or by employing different fermentation methods. Consistent with the activity being associated with a protein, the insecticidal activity of all strains tested was heat labile.

[0374] Culture broth(s) from diverse Photorhabdus strains show differential insecticidal activity (mortality and/or growth inhibition) against a number of insects. More specifically, the activity is seen against corn rootworm which is a member of the insect order Coleoptera. Other members of the Coleoptera include boll weevils, wireworms, pollen beetles, flea beetles, seed beetles and Colorado potato beetle. The broths and purified toxin complex(es) are also active against tobacco budworm, tobacco hornworm and European corn borer which are members of the order Lepidoptera. Other typical members of this order are beet armyworm, cabbage looper, black cutworm, corn earworm, codling moth, clothes moth, Indian mealmoth, leaf rollers, cabbage worm, cotton bollworm, bagworm, Eastern tent caterpillar, sod webworm and fall armyworm. Activity is also observed against German cockroach which is a member of the order Dictyoptera (or Blattodea). Other members of this order are oriental cockroach and American cockroach.

[0375] Activity against corn rootworm larvae was tested as follows. Photorhabdus culture broth(s) (10 fold concentrated, filter sterilized), 2% Proteose Peptone #3 (10 fold concentrated), purified toxin complex(es), 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 were applied directly to the surface (about l.5 cm²) of artificial diet (Rose, R. I. and McCabe, J. M. 1973. J. Econ. Entomol. 66, 398-400) in 40 μl aliquots. Toxin complex was diluted in 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. The diet plates were allowed to air-dry in a sterile flow-hood and the wells were infested with single, neonate Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (Southern corn rootworm, SCR) hatched from surface sterilized eggs. The plates were sealed, placed in a humidified growth chamber and maintained at 27° C. for the appropriate period (3-5 days). Mortality and larval weight determinations were then scored. Generally, 16 insects per treatment were used in all studies. Control mortality was generally less than 5%.

[0376] Activity against lepidopteran larvae was tested as follows. Concentrated (10-fold) Photorhabdus culture broth(s), control medium (2% Proteose Peptone #3), purified toxin complex(es), 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 were applied directly to the surface (about 1.5 cm²) of standard artificial lepidopteran diet (Stoneville Yellow diet) in 40 μl aliquots. The diet plates were allowed to air-dry in a sterile flow-hood and each well was infested with a single, neonate larva. European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) and tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) eggs were obtained from commercial sources and hatched in-house, whereas tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens) larvae were supplied internally. Following infestation with larvae, the diet plates were sealed, placed in a humidified growth chamber and maintained in the dark at 27° C. for the appropriate period. Mortality and weight determinations were scored at day 5. Generally, 16 insects per treatment were used in all studies. Control mortality generally ranged from about 0 to about 12.5% for control medium and was less than 10% for phosphate buffer.

[0377] Activity against cockroach was tested as follows. Concentrated (10-fold) Photorhabdus culture broth(s) and control medium (2% Proteose Peptone #3) were applied directly to the surface (about 1.5 cm²) of standard artificial lepidopteran diet (Stoneville Yellow diet) in 40 μl aliquots. The diet plates were allowed to air-dry in a sterile flow-hood and each well was infested with a single, CO₂ anesthetized first instar German cockroach (Blatella germanica). Following infestation, the diet plates were sealed, placed in a humidified growth chamber and maintained in the dark at 27° C. for the appropriate period. Mortality and weight determinations were scored at day 5. Control mortality less than 10%. TABLE 36 Observed Insecticidal Spectrum of Broths from Different Photorhabdus Strains Photorhabdus Strain Sensitive* Insect Species P. zealandica 1**, 2, 4 P. hepialus 1, 2, 4 HB-Arg 1, 2, 4 HB Oswego 1, 2, 4 HB Lewiston 1, 2, 4 K-122 1, 4 HMGD 1, 4 Indicus 1, 2, 4 GD 2, 4 PWH-5 1, 2, 4 Megidis 1, 2, 4 HF-85 1, 2, 4 A. Cows 1, 4 MP1 1, 2, 4 MP2 1, 2, 4 MP3 4 MP4 1, 4 MP5 4 GL98 1, 4 GL101 1, 4, 5 GL138 1, 2, 4 GL155 1, 4 GL217 1, 2, 4 GL257 1, 4 DEP1 1, 4 DEP2 1, 2, 3, 4 DEP3 4

EXAMPLE 24 Southern Analysis of Non-W-14 Photorhabdus Strains Using W-14 Gene Probes

[0378] Photorhabdus strais were grown on 2% proteose peptone #3 agar (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) and insecticidal toxin competence was maintained by repeated bioassay after passage. A 50 ml shake culture was produced in 175 ml baffled flasks in 2% proteose peptone #3 medium, grown at 28° and 150 rpm for approximately 24 hours. Fifteen ml of this culture were centrifuged (700×g, 30 min) and frozen in its medium at −20° until it was thawed (slowly in ice water) for DNA isolation. The thawed W-14 culture was centrifuged (900×g, 15 min 4°), and the floating orange mucopolysaccharide material was removed. The remaining cell material was centrifuged (25,000×g, 40) to pellet the bacterial cells, and the medium was removed and discarded.

[0379] Total DNA was isolated by an adaptation of the CTAB method described in section 2.4.1 of Ausubel et al. (1994). The modifications included a high salt shock, and all volumes were increased ten-fold over the “miniprep” recommended volumes. All centrifugations were at 4° C. unless otherwise specified. The pelleted bacterial cells were resuspended in TE buffer (10 MM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 8) to a final volume of 10 ml, then 12 ml 5 M NaCl were added; this mixture was centrifuged 20 min at 15,000×g. The pellet was resuspended in 5.7 ml TE, and 300 μl of 10% SDS and 60 μl of 20 mg/ml proteinase K (in sterile distilled water, Gibco BRL Products, Grand Island, N.Y.) were added to the suspension. The mixture was incubated at 37° C. for 1 hr; then approximately 10 mg lysozyme (Worthington Biochemical Corp., Freehold, N.J.) were added. After an additional 45 min incubation, 1 ml of 5 M NaCl and 800 μl of CTAB/NaCl solution (10% w/v CTAB, 0.7 M NaCl) were added. This preparation was incubated 10 min at 65° C., then gently agitated and further incubated and agitated for approximately 20 min to assist clearing of the cellular material. An equal volume of chloroform/isoamyl alcohol solution (24:1, v:v) was added, mixed very gently, and the phases separated by centrifugation at 12,000×g for 15 min. The upper (aqueous) phase was gently removed with a wide-bore pipette and extracted twice as above with an equal volume of PCI (phenol/choloroform/ isoamyl alcohol; 50:49:1, v:v:v; equilibrated with 1M Tris-HCl, pH 8.0; Intermountain Scientific Corporation, Kaysville, Utah). The DNA precipitated with 0.6 volume of isopropanol was gently removed on a glass rod, washed twice with 70% ethanol, dried, and dissolved in 2 ml STE (10 mM Tris-HCl, 10 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 8). This preparation contained 2.5 mg/ml DNA, as determined by optical density at 260 nm.

[0380] Identification of Bgl II/Hind III Fragments Hybridizing to tc-gene Specific Probes

[0381] Approximately 10 μg of genomic DNA was digested to completion with about 30 units each of Bgl II and Hind III (NEB) for 180 min, frozen overnight, then heated at 65° C. for five min, and electrophoresed in a 0.8% agarose gel (Seakem® LE, 1×TEA, 80 volts, 90 min). The DNA was stained with ethidium bromide (50 μg/ml) as described earlier, and photographed under ultraviolet light. The DNA fragments in the agarose gel were subjected to depurination (5 min in 0.2 M HCl), denaturation (15 min in 0.5 M NaOH, 1.5 M NaCl), and neutralization (15 min in 0.5 M Tris HCl pH 8.0, 1.5 M NaCl), with 3 rinses of distilled water between each step. The DNA was transferred by Southern blotting from the gel onto a NYTRAN nylon membrane (Amersham, Arlington Heights, Ill.) using a high salt (20×SSC) protocol, as described in section 2.9 of Ausubel et al. (CPMB, op. cit.). The transferred DNA was then UV-crosslinked to the nylon membrane using a Stratagene UV Stratalinker set on auto crosslink. The membranes were stored dry at 25° C. until use.

[0382] Hybidization was performed using the ECL™direct (Amersham, Arlington Heights, Ill.) labeling and detection system following protocols provided by the manufacturer. In brief, probes were prepared by covalently linking the denatured DNA to the enzyme horseradish peroxidase. Once labeled the probe was used under hybridization conditions which maintain the enzymatic activity. Unhybridized probe was removed by two gentle washes 20 minutes each at 42° C. in 0.5×SSC, 0.4% SDS, and 6M Urea. This was followed by two washes 5 minutes each at room temperature in 2×SSC. As directed by the manufacturer, ECL™ reagents were used to detect the hybridizing DNA bands. There are several factors which influence the ability to detect gene relatedness between various Photorhabdus strains and strain W-14. First, high stringency conditions have not been employed in these hybridizations. It is known in the art that varying the stringency of hybridization and wash conditions will influence the pattern and intensity of hybridizing bands. Second, Southern blots' blot to blot variation will influence the mobility of hybridizing bands and molecular weight estamates. Therefore, W-14 was included as a standard on all Southern blots.

[0383] Gene specific probes derived from the W-14 toxin genes were used in these hybridizations. The following lists the specific coordinates within each gene sequence to which the probe corresponds. A probe specific for tcaB_(i)/B_(ii): 1174 to 3642 of Sequence ID #25, a probe specific for tcaC: 3637 to 6005 of Sequence ID #25, a probe specific for tcbA: 2097 to 4964 of Sequence ID #11, and a probe specific for tcdA: 1660 to 4191 of sequence ID #46. The following tables summarize Southern Blot analyses of Photorhabdus strains. In the event that hybridization of probes occurred, the hybridized fragment(s) were noted as either identical or different from the pattern observed for the W-14 strain. TABLE 37 Southern Analysis of Photorhabdus Strains Strains tcdA tcbA tcaC tcaB_(i/ii) WX-1  D D D D WX-2  D D − D WX-3  D D D D WX-4  D D ND D WX-5  D D D D WX-6  D D D D WX-7  D D ND D WX-8  D D D D WX-9  ND D D D WX-10 ND D D D WX-11 ND D D D WX-12 D D D D WX-14 D D D D WX-15 D D D D HP88 D − D D Hm D − D D Hb D − D − H9 D − I D B2 D − D − NC-1 D − D D WIR D − D D W30 D D D D W-14 I I I I

[0384] TABLE 38 Southern Analysis of Photorhabdus Strains Strains tcdA tcbA tcaC tcaB_(i/ii) K-122 3.3, 2.8 D − ND PWH-5 + D D − Indicus D D 3.0 I Megidis D D D − GD D D D − HF-85 D D D − MP 3 D − D − MP 1 D + D − A. Cows D + D − HB-Arg D ND D − HMGD D D D − HB Lewiston D D D − HB Oswego D D D − W-14 I I I I

[0385] TABLE 39 Southern Analysis of Photorhabdus Strains Strains tcdA tcbA tcaC tcaB_(i)/B_(ii) GL98  + + D GL101 − + D GL138 − + D GL155 − − − GL217 + − D GL257 + + D MP4 − + − MP5 − − − P hepialus + − D P zealandia + − 11.0 DEP1 DEP2 DEP3 W-14 3.8, 2.8 2.8  2.8

[0386] From these analyses it is apparent that homologs of W-14 genes are dispersed throughout these diverse Photorhabdus strains, as evidenced by differences in gene fragment sizes between W-14 and the other strains.

EXAMPLE 25 N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequences of Toxin Complex Peptides from Different Photorhabdus Strains

[0387] The relationship of peptides isolated from different Photorhabdus strains, as described in Example 14, were subjected to N-terminal amino acid sequencing. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of toxin peptides in several strains were compared to W-14 toxin peptides. In Table 40, a comparison of toxin peptides compared to date showed that identical or homologous (at least 40% similarity to W14 gene/peptides) toxin peptides were present in all of the strains. For example, the N-terminal amino acid sequence of TcaC, SEQ ID NO: 2, was found to be identical to that for 160 kDa peptide in HP88 but also homologs were present in strains WIR, H9, Hb, WX-1, and Hm. Some W-14 peptides or homologs have not been observed in other strains; however, not all peptides have been sequenced for toxin complexes from other strains due to N-terminal blockage or low abundance. In addition, many other N-terminal amino acid sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 82 to 88) have been obtained for toxin complex peptides from other strains that have no similarity to peptides from W-14 and in some case were identical to each other. For example, an identical amino acid sequence, SEQ ID NO: 82, was obtained for 64 kDa peptide present in both HP88 and Hb strains and a homologous sequence for a 70 kDa peptide in NC-1 strain (SEQ ID NO: 83). TABLE 40 A Comparison of Amino Terminal Sequence Homology Between Proteins Isolated From Non-W-14 Strains W-14 W-14 W-14 SEQ ID Peptide Gene SEQ ID NO: Strain Identical Homology TcaAii tcaA 15 TcaAiii tcaA 4 TcaBi tcaB 3 76 H9 —  74 kDa 76 Hm —  71 kDa TcaBii tcaB 5 H9  61 kDa — Hm  61 kDa — TcaC tcaA 2 72 Hb — 160 kDa HP88 160 kDa — 73 WIR — 170 kDa 74 H9 — 180 kDa 75 Hm — 170 kDa 80 WX-1  — 170 kDa TcbAii tcbA 1 TcbAiii tcbA 40 TccA tccA 8 77 Hb —  81 kDa TccB tccB 7 WX-1  170 kDa — WX-2  180 kDa — WX-14 180 kDa — WIR 170 kDa — 78 H9 — 170 kDa NC-1 140 kDa — 79 Hm — 190 kDa TcdAii tcdA TcdAiii tcdA 41 Hb  57 kDa — 81 H9 —  69 kDa ? ? 9 Hb  86 kDa — HP88  86 kDa —

EXAMPLE 26 Immunological Analysis of Photorhabdus Strains

[0388] Culture broths of Photorhabdus strains were concentrated 10 to 15 times using Centri-10 ultrafiltration device (Amicon, Inc. Beverly, Mass. 01915). The concentration of the protein ranges from 0.3 to 3.0 mg per ml. Ten to 20 μg of total protein was loaded in each well of a precast 4-20% polyacrylamide gel (Integrated Separation Systems, Natick, Mass. 01760). Gel electrophoresis was performed for 1.25 hours using a constant current set at 25 ma per gel. The gel was electro-blotted on to Hybond-ECL™ nitrocellulose membrane (Amersham Corporation, Arlington Hts, Ill. 60005) using a semi-dry electro-blotter (Pharmacia Biotech Inc., Piscataway , N.J. 08854). A constant current was applied at 0.75 ma per cm for 2.5 hours. The membrane was blocked with 10% milk in TBST (25 mM Tris HCl pH 7.4, 136 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 0.1% Tween 20) for one hour at room temperature. Each primary antibody was diluted in 10% milk/TBST to 1:500. Other dilution between 1:50 to 1:1000 was also used. The membrane was incubated in primary antibody for at least one hour. Then it was washed thoroughly with the blocking solution or TBST. A 1:2000 dilution of secondary antibodies (goat anti-mouse IgG or goat anti rabbit TgG conjugated to horseradish peroxidase; BioRad Laboratories, Hercules, Calif. 94547) in 10% milk/TBST was applied to the membrane which was placed on a platform rocker for one hour. The membrane was subsequently washed with excess amount of TBST. The detection of the protein was performed by using an ECL (Enhanced Chemiluminescence) detection kit (Amersham International).

[0389] A panel of peptide specific-antibodies generated against W-14 peptides were used to characterize the protein composition of broths from nine non-W-14 Photorhabdus strains using Western blot analysis. In addition, one monoclonal antibody (MAb-C5F2) which recognizes TcbA_(iii) protein in W-14-derived toxin complex was used. The results (Table 39) showed cross recognition of the antibodies to some of the proteins in these broths. In some cases, the proteins that were recognized by the antibodies were the same size as the W-14 target peptides. In other cases, the proteins that were recognized by the antibodies were smaller than the W-14 target peptides. This data indicate that some of the non-W-14 Photorhabdus strains may produce similar proteins to the W-14 strain. The difference could be due to deletion or protein processing or degradation process. Some of the strains did not contain protein(s) that could be recognized by some antibodies, however, it is possible that the concentration is significantly lower than those observed for W-14 peptides. When compared for various toxin peptide homologs these results showed peptide diversity among the Photorhabdus strains. TABLE 41 Cross Recognition by Monoclonal Antibodies or Polyclonal Antibodies Generated Against W-14 Peptides to Protein(s) in Broths of Selected Non-W-14 Photorhabdus PAb PAb PAb PAb- PAb PAb PAb PAb Photorhabdus MAb TcdA_(ii)- TcdA_(iii)- TcaC- TcaB_(ii)- TcbA_(iii)- TcaB_(i)- TcaA_(ii)- TcaA_(iii)- Strain C5F2 syn syn syn syn syn syn syn syn MP1 − + + + − + + + + MP2 + + + + − + + + + MP3 − + + + − NT + + − A. Cows − + + + − NT + + + Hb-osw − − NT + + NT + + + H-Arg − + + + − NT + + + Hb-leu − + + + − NT + + + Indicus + + + + + NT + + + HF85 − + + + − + + + + W-14 + + + + + + + + +

[0390] Additional non-W-14 Photorhabdus strains were characterized by Western blot analysis using the culture broth and/or partial purified protein fractions as antigen. The panel of antibodies include MAb-C5F2, MAb-DE1 (recognizing TcdA_(ii)), PAb-DE2 (recognizing TcaB), PAb-TcbA_(ii)-syn, PAb-TcaC-syn, PAb TcaB_(ii)-syn, PAb-TcbA_(iii)-syn, PAb-TcaB_(i)-syn. These antibodies showed cross-reactivity with proteins in the broth and in the partial purified fractions of non-W-14 strains.

[0391] The data indicate that antibodies could be used to identify proteins in the broth as well as in the partially purified protein fractions. TABLE 42 Cross Recognition by Monoclonal Antibodies or Plyclonal Antibodies Generated Against W-14 Peptides to Protein(s) in Broths and/or Partial Purified Protein Fractions of Selected Non-W14 Photorhabdus Monoclonal Polyclonal Antibodies Antibodies PAb PAb PAb PAb- PAb- Photorhabdus Mab PAb- TcbA_(ii)- TcaC- TcaB_(ii)- TcaA_(iii)- TcaB_(i)- Strain C5F2 Mab-DE1 DE2 syn syn syn syn syn WX-1 + + + + + + + + WX-2 + + + + + + NT + WX-3 + NT + NT NT NT NT NT WX-5 + NT + NT NT NT NT NT WX-6 + NT NT NT NT NT NT NT WX-7 + + + + + + NT + WX-8 + NT NT NT NT NT NT NT WX-9 + NT NT NT NT NT NT NT WX-10 − NT NT NT NT NT NT NT WX-12 + + + + + + + + WX-14 + + + + NT + NT + WX-15 + NT NT NT NT NT NT NT W30 + + + NT NT NT NT NT Hb − NT + NT + NT − + H9 − − + NT + + NT NT Hm − NT + + + + NT ++ HP88 − NT + − + − − + NC-1 + − + + + + NT + WIR − NT + + + + + + W-14 + + + + + + + +

EXAMPLE 27 Bacterial Expression of the tcdA Coding Region Engineering of the tcdA Gene for Bacterial Expression

[0392] The 5′ and 3′ ends of the tcdA coding region (SEQ ID NO:46) were modified to add useful cloning sites for inserting the segment into heterologous expression vectors. The ends were modified using unique primers in Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR), performed essentially as described in Example 8. Primer sets, as described below, were used in conjunction with cosmid 21D2.4 as template, to created products with the appropriately modified ends.

[0393] The first primer set was used to modify the 5′ end of the gene, to insert a unique Nco I site at the initiator codon using the forward primer A0F1 (5′ GAT CGA TCG ATC CAT GGC CAA CGA GTC TGT AAA AGA GAT ACC TGA TG TAT TAA AAA GCC AGT GTG 3′) and to add unique Bgl II, Sal I and Not I sites to facilitate insertion of the remainder of the gene using the reverse primer A0R1 (5′ GAT CGA TCG TAC GCG GCC GCT CGA TCG ATC GTC GAC CCA TTG ATT TGA GAT CTG GGC CGC GGG TAT CCA GAT AAT AAA CG& AGT CAC 3′).

[0394] Another PCR reaction was designed to modify the 3′ end of the gene by adding an additional stop codon and convenient restriction sites for cloning. The forward primer A0F2 (5′ ACT GGC TGC GTG GTC GAC TGG CGG CGA TTT ACT 3′) was used to amplify across a unique Sal I site in the gene, later used to clone the modified 3′ end. The reverse primer A0R2 (5′ C.GA TGC ATG CTG CGG CCG CAG GCC TTC CTC GAG TCA TTA TTT AAT GGT GTA GCG AAT ATG CAA AAT 3′) was used to insert a second stop codon (TGA) and cloning sites Xho I, Stu I and Not I. Bacterial expression vector pET27b (Novagen, Madison, Wis.), was modified to delete the Bgl II site at position 446, according to standard molecular biology techniques.

[0395] The 497 bp PCR product from the first amplification reaction (AOF1+AOR1), to modify the 5′ end of the gene, was ligated to the modified pET27b vector according to the supplier's instructions. The DNA sequences of the amplified portion of three isolates were determined using the supplier's recommended primers and the sequencing methods described previously. The sequence of all isolates was the same.

[0396] One isolate was then used as a cloning vector to insert the middle portion of the tcdA gene on a 6341 bp Bgl II to Sal I fragment. The resulting clone was called MC4 and contained all but the 3′ most portion of the tcdA coding sequence. Finally, to complete the full-length coding region, the 832 bp PCR product from the second PCR amplification (AOF2+AOR2), to modify the 3′ end of the gene, was ligated to isolate MC4 on a Sal I to Not I fragment, according to standard molecular biology techniques. The tcdA coding region was sequenced and found to be complete, the resulting plasmid is called pDAB2035.

[0397] Construction of Plasmids pDAB2036, pDAB2037 and pDAB2038 for Bacterial Expression of tcdA

[0398] The tcdA coding region was cut from plasmid pDAB2035 with restriction enzymes Nco I and Xho I and gel purified. The fragment was ligated into the Nco I and Xho I sites of the expression vector pET15 to create plasmid pDAB2036. Additionally, pDAB2035 was cut with Nco I and Not I to release the tcdA coding region which was ligated into the Nco I and Not I sites of the expression vector pET28b to create plasmid pDAB2037. Finally, plasmid pDAB2035 was cut with Nco I and Stu I to release the tcdA coding region. This fragment was ligated into the expression vector Trc99a which was cut with Hind III followed by treatment with T4 DNA polymerase to blunt the ends. The vector was then cut with Nco I and ligated with the Nco I/Stu I cut tcdA fragment. The resulting plasmid is called pDAB2038.

[0399] Expression of tcdA from Plasmid pDAB2038

[0400] Plasmid pDAB2038 was transformed into BL21 cells and expressed as described above for plasmid pDAB2033 in Example 19.

[0401] Purification of tcdA from E. coli

[0402] The expression culture was centrifuged at 10,300 g for 30 min and the supernatant was collected. It was diluted with two volumes of H₂O and applied at a flow rate of 7.5 ml/min to a poros 50 HQ (Perspective Systems, Mass.) column (1.6 cm×10 cm) which was pre-equilibrated with 10 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 (Buffer A). The column was washed with Buffer A until the optical density at 280 nm returned to baseline level. The proteins bound to the column were then eluted with 1M NaCl in Buffer A.

[0403] The fraction was loaded in 20 ml aliquots onto a gel filtration column, Sepharose CL-4B (2.6×100 cm), which was equilibrated with Buffer A. The protein was eluted in Buffer A at a flow rate of 0.75 mL/min. Fractions with a retention time between 260 minutes and 460 minutes were pooled and applied at 1 mL/min to a Mono Q 5/5 column which was equilibrated with 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.0 (Buffer B). The column was washed with Buffer B until the optical density at 280 nm returned to baseline level. The proteins bound to the column were eluted with a linear gradient of 0 to 1 M NaCl in Buffer B at 1 mL/min for 30 min. One milliliter fractions were collected, serial diluted, and subjected to SCR bioassay. Fractions eluted out between 0.1 and 0.3 M NaCl were found to have the highest insecticidal activity. Western analysis of the active fractions using pAb TcdA_(ii)-syn antibody and pAb Tcd_(iii)-syn antibody indicated the presence of peptides TcdA_(ii) and TcdA_(iii).

1 88 11 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 1 Phe Ile Gln Gly Tyr Ser Asp Leu Phe Gly Asn 1 5 10 12 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 2 Met Gln Asp Ser Pro Glu Val Ser Ile Thr Thr Trp 1 5 10 19 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 3 Ser Glu Ser Leu Phe Thr Gln Thr Leu Lys Glu Ala Arg Arg Asp Ala 1 5 10 15 Leu Val Ala 14 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 4 Ala Ser Pro Leu Ser Thr Ser Glu Leu Thr Ser Lys Leu Asn 1 5 10 9 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 5 Ala Gly Asp Thr Ala Asn Ile Gly Asp 1 5 15 amino acids amino acid single linear protein N-terminal 6 Leu Gly Gly Ala Ala Thr Leu Leu Asp Leu Leu Leu Pro Gln Ile 1 5 10 15 11 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 7 Met Leu Ser Thr Met Glu Lys Gln Leu Asn Glu 1 5 10 9 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 8 Met Asn Leu Ala Ser Pro Leu Ile Ser 1 5 16 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 9 Met Ile Asn Leu Asp Ile Asn Glu Gln Asn Lys Ile Met Val Val Ser 1 5 10 15 20 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 10 Ala Ala Lys Asp Val Lys Phe Gly Ser Asp Ala Arg Val Lys Met Leu 1 5 10 15 Arg Gly Val Asn 20 7515 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) CDS 1..7515 11 ATG CAA AAC TCA TTA TCA AGC ACT ATC GAT ACT ATT TGT CAG AAA CTG 48 Met Gln Asn Ser Leu Ser Ser Thr Ile Asp Thr Ile Cys Gln Lys Leu 1 5 10 15 CAA TTA ACT TGT CCG GCG GAA ATT GCT TTG TAT CCC TTT GAT ACT TTC 96 Gln Leu Thr Cys Pro Ala Glu Ile Ala Leu Tyr Pro Phe Asp Thr Phe 20 25 30 CGG GAA AAA ACT CGG GGA ATG GTT AAT TGG GGG GAA GCA AAA CGG ATT 144 Arg Glu Lys Thr Arg Gly Met Val Asn Trp Gly Glu Ala Lys Arg Ile 35 40 45 TAT GAA ATT GCA CAA GCG GAA CAG GAT AGA AAC CTA CTT CAT GAA AAA 192 Tyr Glu Ile Ala Gln Ala Glu Gln Asp Arg Asn Leu Leu His Glu Lys 50 55 60 CGT ATT TTT GCC TAT GCT AAT CCG CTG CTG AAA AAC GCT GTT CGG TTG 240 Arg Ile Phe Ala Tyr Ala Asn Pro Leu Leu Lys Asn Ala Val Arg Leu 65 70 75 80 GGT ACC CGG CAA ATG TTG GGT TTT ATA CAA GGT TAT AGT GAT CTG TTT 288 Gly Thr Arg Gln Met Leu Gly Phe Ile Gln Gly Tyr Ser Asp Leu Phe 85 90 95 GGT AAT CGT GCT GAT AAC TAT GCC GCG CCG GGC TCG GTT GCA TCG ATG 336 Gly Asn Arg Ala Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ala Pro Gly Ser Val Ala Ser Met 100 105 110 TTC TCA CCG GCG GCT TAT TTG ACG GAA TTG TAC CGT GAA GCC AAA AAC 384 Phe Ser Pro Ala Ala Tyr Leu Thr Glu Leu Tyr Arg Glu Ala Lys Asn 115 120 125 TTG CAT GAC AGC AGC TCA ATT TAT TAC CTA GAT AAA CGT CGC CCG GAT 432 Leu His Asp Ser Ser Ser Ile Tyr Tyr Leu Asp Lys Arg Arg Pro Asp 130 135 140 TTA GCA AGC TTA ATG CTC AGC CAG AAA AAT ATG GAT GAG GAA ATT TCA 480 Leu Ala Ser Leu Met Leu Ser Gln Lys Asn Met Asp Glu Glu Ile Ser 145 150 155 160 ACG CTG GCT CTC TCT AAT GAA TTG TGC CTT GCC GGG ATC GAA ACA AAA 528 Thr Leu Ala Leu Ser Asn Glu Leu Cys Leu Ala Gly Ile Glu Thr Lys 165 170 175 ACA GGA AAA TCA CAA GAT GAA GTG ATG GAT ATG TTG TCA ACT TAT CGT 576 Thr Gly Lys Ser Gln Asp Glu Val Met Asp Met Leu Ser Thr Tyr Arg 180 185 190 TTA AGT GGA GAG ACA CCT TAT CAT CAC GCT TAT GAA ACT GTT CGT GAA 624 Leu Ser Gly Glu Thr Pro Tyr His His Ala Tyr Glu Thr Val Arg Glu 195 200 205 ATC GTT CAT GAA CGT GAT CCA GGA TTT CGT CAT TTG TCA CAG GCA CCC 672 Ile Val His Glu Arg Asp Pro Gly Phe Arg His Leu Ser Gln Ala Pro 210 215 220 ATT GTT GCT GCT AAG CTC GAT CCT GTG ACT TTG TTG GGT ATT AGC TCC 720 Ile Val Ala Ala Lys Leu Asp Pro Val Thr Leu Leu Gly Ile Ser Ser 225 230 235 240 CAT ATT TCG CCA GAA CTG TAT AAC TTG CTG ATT GAG GAG ATC CCG GAA 768 His Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Tyr Asn Leu Leu Ile Glu Glu Ile Pro Glu 245 250 255 AAA GAT GAA GCC GCG CTT GAT ACG CTT TAT AAA ACA AAC TTT GGC GAT 816 Lys Asp Glu Ala Ala Leu Asp Thr Leu Tyr Lys Thr Asn Phe Gly Asp 260 265 270 ATT ACT ACT GCT CAG TTA ATG TCC CCA AGT TAT CTG GCC CGG TAT TAT 864 Ile Thr Thr Ala Gln Leu Met Ser Pro Ser Tyr Leu Ala Arg Tyr Tyr 275 280 285 GGC GTC TCA CCG GAA GAT ATT GCC TAC GTG ACG ACT TCA TTA TCA CAT 912 Gly Val Ser Pro Glu Asp Ile Ala Tyr Val Thr Thr Ser Leu Ser His 290 295 300 GTT GGA TAT AGC AGT GAT ATT CTG GTT ATT CCG TTG GTC GAT GGT GTG 960 Val Gly Tyr Ser Ser Asp Ile Leu Val Ile Pro Leu Val Asp Gly Val 305 310 315 320 GGT AAG ATG GAA GTA GTT CGT GTT ACC CGA ACA CCA TCG GAT AAT TAT 1008 Gly Lys Met Glu Val Val Arg Val Thr Arg Thr Pro Ser Asp Asn Tyr 325 330 335 ACC AGT CAG ACG AAT TAT ATT GAG CTG TAT CCA CAG GGT GGC GAC AAT 1056 Thr Ser Gln Thr Asn Tyr Ile Glu Leu Tyr Pro Gln Gly Gly Asp Asn 340 345 350 TAT TTG ATC AAA TAC AAT CTA AGC AAT AGT TTT GGT TTG GAT GAT TTT 1104 Tyr Leu Ile Lys Tyr Asn Leu Ser Asn Ser Phe Gly Leu Asp Asp Phe 355 360 365 TAT CTG CAA TAT AAA GAT GGT TCC GCT GAT TGG ACT GAG ATT GCC CAT 1152 Tyr Leu Gln Tyr Lys Asp Gly Ser Ala Asp Trp Thr Glu Ile Ala His 370 375 380 AAT CCC TAT CCT GAT ATG GTC ATA AAT CAA AAG TAT GAA TCA CAG GCG 1200 Asn Pro Tyr Pro Asp Met Val Ile Asn Gln Lys Tyr Glu Ser Gln Ala 385 390 395 400 ACA ATC AAA CGT AGT GAC TCT GAC AAT ATA CTC AGT ATA GGG TTA CAA 1248 Thr Ile Lys Arg Ser Asp Ser Asp Asn Ile Leu Ser Ile Gly Leu Gln 405 410 415 AGA TGG CAT AGC GGT AGT TAT AAT TTT GCC GCC GCC AAT TTT AAA ATT 1296 Arg Trp His Ser Gly Ser Tyr Asn Phe Ala Ala Ala Asn Phe Lys Ile 420 425 430 GAC CAA TAC TCC CCG AAA GCT TTC CTG CTT AAA ATG AAT AAG GCT ATT 1344 Asp Gln Tyr Ser Pro Lys Ala Phe Leu Leu Lys Met Asn Lys Ala Ile 435 440 445 CGG TTG CTC AAA GCT ACC GGC CTC TCT TTT GCT ACG TTG GAG CGT ATT 1392 Arg Leu Leu Lys Ala Thr Gly Leu Ser Phe Ala Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile 450 455 460 GTT GAT AGT GTT AAT AGC ACC AAA TCC ATC ACG GTT GAG GTA TTA AAC 1440 Val Asp Ser Val Asn Ser Thr Lys Ser Ile Thr Val Glu Val Leu Asn 465 470 475 480 AAG GTT TAT CGG GTA AAA TTC TAT ATT GAT CGT TAT GGC ATC AGT GAA 1488 Lys Val Tyr Arg Val Lys Phe Tyr Ile Asp Arg Tyr Gly Ile Ser Glu 485 490 495 GAG ACA GCC GCT ATT TTG GCT AAT ATT AAT ATC TCT CAG CAA GCT GTT 1536 Glu Thr Ala Ala Ile Leu Ala Asn Ile Asn Ile Ser Gln Gln Ala Val 500 505 510 GGC AAT CAG CTT AGC CAG TTT GAG CAA CTA TTT AAT CAC CCG CCG CTC 1584 Gly Asn Gln Leu Ser Gln Phe Glu Gln Leu Phe Asn His Pro Pro Leu 515 520 525 AAT GGT ATT CGC TAT GAA ATC AGT GAG GAC AAC TCC AAA CAT CTT CCT 1632 Asn Gly Ile Arg Tyr Glu Ile Ser Glu Asp Asn Ser Lys His Leu Pro 530 535 540 AAT CCT GAT CTG AAC CTT AAA CCA GAC AGT ACC GGT GAT GAT CAA CGC 1680 Asn Pro Asp Leu Asn Leu Lys Pro Asp Ser Thr Gly Asp Asp Gln Arg 545 550 555 560 AAG GCG GTT TTA AAA CGC GCG TTT CAG GTT AAC GCC AGT GAG TTG TAT 1728 Lys Ala Val Leu Lys Arg Ala Phe Gln Val Asn Ala Ser Glu Leu Tyr 565 570 575 CAG ATG TTA TTG ATC ACT GAT CGT AAA GAA GAC GGT GTT ATC AAA AAT 1776 Gln Met Leu Leu Ile Thr Asp Arg Lys Glu Asp Gly Val Ile Lys Asn 580 585 590 AAC TTA GAG AAT TTG TCT GAT CTG TAT TTG GTT AGT TTG CTG GCC CAG 1824 Asn Leu Glu Asn Leu Ser Asp Leu Tyr Leu Val Ser Leu Leu Ala Gln 595 600 605 ATT CAT AAC CTG ACT ATT GCT GAA TTG AAC ATT TTG TTG GTG ATT TGT 1872 Ile His Asn Leu Thr Ile Ala Glu Leu Asn Ile Leu Leu Val Ile Cys 610 615 620 GGC TAT GGC GAC ACC AAC ATT TAT CAG ATT ACC GAC GAT AAT TTA GCC 1920 Gly Tyr Gly Asp Thr Asn Ile Tyr Gln Ile Thr Asp Asp Asn Leu Ala 625 630 635 640 AAA ATA GTG GAA ACA TTG TTG TGG ATC ACT CAA TGG TTG AAG ACC CAA 1968 Lys Ile Val Glu Thr Leu Leu Trp Ile Thr Gln Trp Leu Lys Thr Gln 645 650 655 AAA TGG ACA GTT ACC GAC CTG TTT CTG ATG ACC ACG GCC ACT TAC AGC 2016 Lys Trp Thr Val Thr Asp Leu Phe Leu Met Thr Thr Ala Thr Tyr Ser 660 665 670 ACC ACT TTA ACG CCA GAA ATT AGC AAT CTG ACG GCT ACG TTG TCT TCA 2064 Thr Thr Leu Thr Pro Glu Ile Ser Asn Leu Thr Ala Thr Leu Ser Ser 675 680 685 ACT TTG CAT GGC AAA GAG AGT CTG ATT GGG GAA GAT CTG AAA AGA GCA 2112 Thr Leu His Gly Lys Glu Ser Leu Ile Gly Glu Asp Leu Lys Arg Ala 690 695 700 ATG GCG CCT TGC TTC ACT TCG GCT TTG CAT TTG ACT TCT CAA GAA GTT 2160 Met Ala Pro Cys Phe Thr Ser Ala Leu His Leu Thr Ser Gln Glu Val 705 710 715 720 GCG TAT GAC CTG CTG TTG TGG ATA GAC CAG ATT CAA CCG GCA CAA ATA 2208 Ala Tyr Asp Leu Leu Leu Trp Ile Asp Gln Ile Gln Pro Ala Gln Ile 725 730 735 ACT GTT GAT GGG TTT TGG GAA GAA GTG CAA ACA ACA CCA ACC AGC TTG 2256 Thr Val Asp Gly Phe Trp Glu Glu Val Gln Thr Thr Pro Thr Ser Leu 740 745 750 AAG GTG ATT ACC TTT GCT CAG GTG CTG GCA CAA TTG AGC CTG ATC TAT 2304 Lys Val Ile Thr Phe Ala Gln Val Leu Ala Gln Leu Ser Leu Ile Tyr 755 760 765 CGT CGT ATT GGG TTA AGT GAA ACG GAA CTG TCA CTG ATC GTG ACT CAA 2352 Arg Arg Ile Gly Leu Ser Glu Thr Glu Leu Ser Leu Ile Val Thr Gln 770 775 780 TCT TCT CTG CTA GTG GCA GGC AAA AGC ATA CTG GAT CAC GGT CTG TTA 2400 Ser Ser Leu Leu Val Ala Gly Lys Ser Ile Leu Asp His Gly Leu Leu 785 790 795 800 ACC CTG ATG GCC TTG GAA GGT TTT CAT ACC TGG GTT AAT GGC TTG GGG 2448 Thr Leu Met Ala Leu Glu Gly Phe His Thr Trp Val Asn Gly Leu Gly 805 810 815 CAA CAT GCC TCC TTG ATA TTG GCG GCG TTG AAA GAC GGA GCC TTG ACA 2496 Gln His Ala Ser Leu Ile Leu Ala Ala Leu Lys Asp Gly Ala Leu Thr 820 825 830 GTT ACC GAT GTA GCA CAA GCT ATG AAT AAG GAG GAA TCT CTC CTA CAA 2544 Val Thr Asp Val Ala Gln Ala Met Asn Lys Glu Glu Ser Leu Leu Gln 835 840 845 ATG GCA GCT AAT CAG GTG GAG AAG GAT CTA ACA AAA CTG ACC AGT TGG 2592 Met Ala Ala Asn Gln Val Glu Lys Asp Leu Thr Lys Leu Thr Ser Trp 850 855 860 ACA CAG ATT GAC GCT ATT CTG CAA TGG TTA CAG ATG TCT TCG GCC TTG 2640 Thr Gln Ile Asp Ala Ile Leu Gln Trp Leu Gln Met Ser Ser Ala Leu 865 870 875 880 GCG GTT TCT CCA CTG GAT CTG GCA GGG ATG ATG GCC CTG AAA TAT GGG 2688 Ala Val Ser Pro Leu Asp Leu Ala Gly Met Met Ala Leu Lys Tyr Gly 885 890 895 ATA GAT CAT AAC TAT GCT GCC TGG CAA GCT GCG GCG GCT GCG CTG ATG 2736 Ile Asp His Asn Tyr Ala Ala Trp Gln Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Leu Met 900 905 910 GCT GAT CAT GCT AAT CAG GCA CAG AAA AAA CTG GAT GAG ACG TTC AGT 2784 Ala Asp His Ala Asn Gln Ala Gln Lys Lys Leu Asp Glu Thr Phe Ser 915 920 925 AAG GCA TTA TGT AAC TAT TAT ATT AAT GCT GTT GTC GAT AGT GCT GCT 2832 Lys Ala Leu Cys Asn Tyr Tyr Ile Asn Ala Val Val Asp Ser Ala Ala 930 935 940 GGA GTA CGT GAT CGT AAC GGT TTA TAT ACC TAT TTG CTG ATT GAT AAT 2880 Gly Val Arg Asp Arg Asn Gly Leu Tyr Thr Tyr Leu Leu Ile Asp Asn 945 950 955 960 CAG GTT TCT GCC GAT GTG ATC ACT TCA CGT ATT GCA GAA GCT ATC GCC 2928 Gln Val Ser Ala Asp Val Ile Thr Ser Arg Ile Ala Glu Ala Ile Ala 965 970 975 GGT ATT CAA CTG TAC GTT AAC CGG GCT TTA AAC CGA GAT GAA GGT CAG 2976 Gly Ile Gln Leu Tyr Val Asn Arg Ala Leu Asn Arg Asp Glu Gly Gln 980 985 990 CTT GCA TCG GAC GTT AGT ACC CGT CAG TTC TTC ACT GAC TGG GAA CGT 3024 Leu Ala Ser Asp Val Ser Thr Arg Gln Phe Phe Thr Asp Trp Glu Arg 995 1000 1005 TAC AAT AAA CGT TAC AGT ACT TGG GCT GGT GTC TCT GAA CTG GTC TAT 3072 Tyr Asn Lys Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala Gly Val Ser Glu Leu Val Tyr 1010 1015 1020 TAT CCA GAA AAC TAT GTT GAT CCC ACT CAG CGC ATT GGG CAA ACC AAA 3120 Tyr Pro Glu Asn Tyr Val Asp Pro Thr Gln Arg Ile Gly Gln Thr Lys 1025 1030 1035 1040 ATG ATG GAT GCG CTG TTG CAA TCC ATC AAC CAG AGC CAG CTA AAT GCG 3168 Met Met Asp Ala Leu Leu Gln Ser Ile Asn Gln Ser Gln Leu Asn Ala 1045 1050 1055 GAT ACG GTG GAA GAT GCT TTC AAA ACT TAT TTG ACC AGC TTT GAG CAG 3216 Asp Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Phe Lys Thr Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln 1060 1065 1070 GTA GCA AAT CTG AAA GTA ATT AGT GCT TAC CAC GAT AAT GTG AAT GTG 3264 Val Ala Asn Leu Lys Val Ile Ser Ala Tyr His Asp Asn Val Asn Val 1075 1080 1085 GAT CAA GGA TTA ACT TAT TTT ATC GGT ATC GAC CAA GCA GCT CCG GGT 3312 Asp Gln Gly Leu Thr Tyr Phe Ile Gly Ile Asp Gln Ala Ala Pro Gly 1090 1095 1100 ACG TAT TAC TGG CGT AGT GTT GAT CAC AGC AAA TGT GAA AAT GGC AAG 3360 Thr Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Ser Val Asp His Ser Lys Cys Glu Asn Gly Lys 1105 1110 1115 1120 TTT GCC GCT AAT GCT TGG GGT GAG TGG AAT AAA ATT ACC TGT GCT GTC 3408 Phe Ala Ala Asn Ala Trp Gly Glu Trp Asn Lys Ile Thr Cys Ala Val 1125 1130 1135 AAT CCT TGG AAA AAT ATC ATC CGT CCG GTT GTT TAT ATG TCC CGC TTA 3456 Asn Pro Trp Lys Asn Ile Ile Arg Pro Val Val Tyr Met Ser Arg Leu 1140 1145 1150 TAT CTG CTA TGG CTG GAG CAG CAA TCA AAG AAA AGT GAT GAT GGT AAA 3504 Tyr Leu Leu Trp Leu Glu Gln Gln Ser Lys Lys Ser Asp Asp Gly Lys 1155 1160 1165 ACC ACG ATT TAT CAA TAT AAC TTA AAA CTG GCT CAT ATT CGT TAC GAC 3552 Thr Thr Ile Tyr Gln Tyr Asn Leu Lys Leu Ala His Ile Arg Tyr Asp 1170 1175 1180 GGT AGT TGG AAT ACA CCA TTT ACT TTT GAT GTG ACA GAA AAG GTA AAA 3600 Gly Ser Trp Asn Thr Pro Phe Thr Phe Asp Val Thr Glu Lys Val Lys 1185 1190 1195 1200 AAT TAC ACG TCG AGT ACT GAT GCT GCT GAA TCT TTA GGG TTG TAT TGT 3648 Asn Tyr Thr Ser Ser Thr Asp Ala Ala Glu Ser Leu Gly Leu Tyr Cys 1205 1210 1215 ACT GGT TAT CAA GGG GAA GAC ACT CTA TTA GTT ATG TTC TAT TCG ATG 3696 Thr Gly Tyr Gln Gly Glu Asp Thr Leu Leu Val Met Phe Tyr Ser Met 1220 1225 1230 CAG AGT AGT TAT AGC TCC TAT ACC GAT AAT AAT GCG CCG GTC ACT GGG 3744 Gln Ser Ser Tyr Ser Ser Tyr Thr Asp Asn Asn Ala Pro Val Thr Gly 1235 1240 1245 CTA TAT ATT TTC GCT GAT ATG TCA TCA GAC AAT ATG ACG AAT GCA CAA 3792 Leu Tyr Ile Phe Ala Asp Met Ser Ser Asp Asn Met Thr Asn Ala Gln 1250 1255 1260 GCA ACT AAC TAT TGG AAT AAC AGT TAT CCG CAA TTT GAT ACT GTG ATG 3840 Ala Thr Asn Tyr Trp Asn Asn Ser Tyr Pro Gln Phe Asp Thr Val Met 1265 1270 1275 1280 GCA GAT CCG GAT AGC GAC AAT AAA AAA GTC ATA ACC AGA AGA GTT AAT 3888 Ala Asp Pro Asp Ser Asp Asn Lys Lys Val Ile Thr Arg Arg Val Asn 1285 1290 1295 AAC CGT TAT GCG GAG GAT TAT GAA ATT CCT TCC TCT GTG ACA AGT AAC 3936 Asn Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Tyr Glu Ile Pro Ser Ser Val Thr Ser Asn 1300 1305 1310 AGT AAT TAT TCT TGG GGT GAT CAC AGT TTA ACC ATG CTT TAT GGT GGT 3984 Ser Asn Tyr Ser Trp Gly Asp His Ser Leu Thr Met Leu Tyr Gly Gly 1315 1320 1325 AGT GTT CCT AAT ATT ACT TTT GAA TCG GCG GCA GAA GAT TTA AGG CTA 4032 Ser Val Pro Asn Ile Thr Phe Glu Ser Ala Ala Glu Asp Leu Arg Leu 1330 1335 1340 TCT ACC AAT ATG GCA TTG AGT ATT ATT CAT AAT GGA TAT GCG GGA ACC 4080 Ser Thr Asn Met Ala Leu Ser Ile Ile His Asn Gly Tyr Ala Gly Thr 1345 1350 1355 1360 CGC CGT ATA CAA TGT AAT CTT ATG AAA CAA TAC GCT TCA TTA GGT GAT 4128 Arg Arg Ile Gln Cys Asn Leu Met Lys Gln Tyr Ala Ser Leu Gly Asp 1365 1370 1375 AAA TTT ATA ATT TAT GAT TCA TCA TTT GAT GAT GCA AAC CGT TTT AAT 4176 Lys Phe Ile Ile Tyr Asp Ser Ser Phe Asp Asp Ala Asn Arg Phe Asn 1380 1385 1390 CTG GTG CCA TTG TTT AAA TTC GGA AAA GAC GAG AAC TCA GAT GAT AGT 4224 Leu Val Pro Leu Phe Lys Phe Gly Lys Asp Glu Asn Ser Asp Asp Ser 1395 1400 1405 ATT TGT ATA TAT AAT GAA AAC CCT TCC TCT GAA GAT AAG AAG TGG TAT 4272 Ile Cys Ile Tyr Asn Glu Asn Pro Ser Ser Glu Asp Lys Lys Trp Tyr 1410 1415 1420 TTT TCT TCG AAA GAT GAC AAT AAA ACA GCG GAT TAT AAT GGT GGA ACT 4320 Phe Ser Ser Lys Asp Asp Asn Lys Thr Ala Asp Tyr Asn Gly Gly Thr 1425 1430 1435 1440 CAA TGT ATA GAT GCT GGA ACC AGT AAC AAA GAT TTT TAT TAT AAT CTC 4368 Gln Cys Ile Asp Ala Gly Thr Ser Asn Lys Asp Phe Tyr Tyr Asn Leu 1445 1450 1455 CAG GAG ATT GAA GTA ATT AGT GTT ACT GGT GGG TAT TGG TCG AGT TAT 4416 Gln Glu Ile Glu Val Ile Ser Val Thr Gly Gly Tyr Trp Ser Ser Tyr 1460 1465 1470 AAA ATA TCC AAC CCG ATT AAT ATC AAT ACG GGC ATT GAT AGT GCT AAA 4464 Lys Ile Ser Asn Pro Ile Asn Ile Asn Thr Gly Ile Asp Ser Ala Lys 1475 1480 1485 GTA AAA GTC ACC GTA AAA GCG GGT GGT GAC GAT CAA ATC TTT ACT GCT 4512 Val Lys Val Thr Val Lys Ala Gly Gly Asp Asp Gln Ile Phe Thr Ala 1490 1495 1500 GAT AAT AGT ACC TAT GTT CCT CAG CAA CCG GCA CCC AGT TTT GAG GAG 4560 Asp Asn Ser Thr Tyr Val Pro Gln Gln Pro Ala Pro Ser Phe Glu Glu 1505 1510 1515 1520 ATG ATT TAT CAG TTC AAT AAC CTG ACA ATA GAT TGT AAG AAT TTA AAT 4608 Met Ile Tyr Gln Phe Asn Asn Leu Thr Ile Asp Cys Lys Asn Leu Asn 1525 1530 1535 TTC ATC GAC AAT CAG GCA CAT ATT GAG ATT GAT TTC ACC GCT ACG GCA 4656 Phe Ile Asp Asn Gln Ala His Ile Glu Ile Asp Phe Thr Ala Thr Ala 1540 1545 1550 CAA GAT GGC CGA TTC TTG GGT GCA GAA ACT TTT ATT ATC CCG GTA ACT 4704 Gln Asp Gly Arg Phe Leu Gly Ala Glu Thr Phe Ile Ile Pro Val Thr 1555 1560 1565 AAA AAA GTT CTC GGT ACT GAG AAC GTG ATT GCG TTA TAT AGC GAA AAT 4752 Lys Lys Val Leu Gly Thr Glu Asn Val Ile Ala Leu Tyr Ser Glu Asn 1570 1575 1580 AAC GGT GTT CAA TAT ATG CAA ATT GGC GCA TAT CGT ACC CGT TTG AAT 4800 Asn Gly Val Gln Tyr Met Gln Ile Gly Ala Tyr Arg Thr Arg Leu Asn 1585 1590 1595 1600 ACG TTA TTC GCT CAA CAG TTG GTT AGC CGT GCT AAT CGT GGC ATT GAT 4848 Thr Leu Phe Ala Gln Gln Leu Val Ser Arg Ala Asn Arg Gly Ile Asp 1605 1610 1615 GCA GTG CTC AGT ATG GAA ACT CAG AAT ATT CAG GAA CCG CAA TTA GGA 4896 Ala Val Leu Ser Met Glu Thr Gln Asn Ile Gln Glu Pro Gln Leu Gly 1620 1625 1630 GCG GGC ACA TAT GTG CAG CTT GTG TTG GAT AAA TAT GAT GAG TCT ATT 4944 Ala Gly Thr Tyr Val Gln Leu Val Leu Asp Lys Tyr Asp Glu Ser Ile 1635 1640 1645 CAT GGC ACT AAT AAA AGC TTT GCT ATT GAA TAT GTT GAT ATA TTT AAA 4992 His Gly Thr Asn Lys Ser Phe Ala Ile Glu Tyr Val Asp Ile Phe Lys 1650 1655 1660 GAG AAC GAT AGT TTT GTG ATT TAT CAA GGA GAA CTT AGC GAA ACA AGT 5040 Glu Asn Asp Ser Phe Val Ile Tyr Gln Gly Glu Leu Ser Glu Thr Ser 1665 1670 1675 1680 CAA ACT GTT GTG AAA GTT TTC TTA TCC TAT TTT ATA GAG GCG ACT GGA 5088 Gln Thr Val Val Lys Val Phe Leu Ser Tyr Phe Ile Glu Ala Thr Gly 1685 1690 1695 AAT AAG AAC CAC TTA TGG GTA CGT GCT AAA TAC CAA AAG GAA ACG ACT 5136 Asn Lys Asn His Leu Trp Val Arg Ala Lys Tyr Gln Lys Glu Thr Thr 1700 1705 1710 GAT AAG ATC TTG TTC GAC CGT ACT GAT GAG AAA GAT CCG CAC GGT TGG 5184 Asp Lys Ile Leu Phe Asp Arg Thr Asp Glu Lys Asp Pro His Gly Trp 1715 1720 1725 TTT CTC AGC GAC GAT CAC AAG ACC TTT AGT GGT CTC TCT TCC GCA CAG 5232 Phe Leu Ser Asp Asp His Lys Thr Phe Ser Gly Leu Ser Ser Ala Gln 1730 1735 1740 GCA TTA AAG AAC GAC AGT GAA CCG ATG GAT TTC TCT GGC GCC AAT GCT 5280 Ala Leu Lys Asn Asp Ser Glu Pro Met Asp Phe Ser Gly Ala Asn Ala 1745 1750 1755 1760 CTC TAT TTC TGG GAA CTG TTC TAT TAC ACG CCG ATG ATG ATG GCT CAT 5328 Leu Tyr Phe Trp Glu Leu Phe Tyr Tyr Thr Pro Met Met Met Ala His 1765 1770 1775 CGT TTG TTG CAG GAA CAG AAT TTT GAT GCG GCG AAC CAT TGG TTC CGT 5376 Arg Leu Leu Gln Glu Gln Asn Phe Asp Ala Ala Asn His Trp Phe Arg 1780 1785 1790 TAT GTC TGG AGT CCA TCC GGT TAT ATC GTT GAT GGT AAA ATT GCT ATC 5424 Tyr Val Trp Ser Pro Ser Gly Tyr Ile Val Asp Gly Lys Ile Ala Ile 1795 1800 1805 TAC CAC TGG AAC GTG CGA CCG CTG GAA GAA GAC ACC AGT TGG AAT GCA 5472 Tyr His Trp Asn Val Arg Pro Leu Glu Glu Asp Thr Ser Trp Asn Ala 1810 1815 1820 CAA CAA CTG GAC TCC ACC GAT CCA GAT GCT GTA GCC CAA GAT GAT CCG 5520 Gln Gln Leu Asp Ser Thr Asp Pro Asp Ala Val Ala Gln Asp Asp Pro 1825 1830 1835 1840 ATG CAC TAC AAG GTG GCT ACC TTT ATG GCG ACG TTG GAT CTG CTA ATG 5568 Met His Tyr Lys Val Ala Thr Phe Met Ala Thr Leu Asp Leu Leu Met 1845 1850 1855 GCC CGT GGT GAT GCT GCT TAC CGC CAG TTA GAG CGT GAT ACG TTG GCT 5616 Ala Arg Gly Asp Ala Ala Tyr Arg Gln Leu Glu Arg Asp Thr Leu Ala 1860 1865 1870 GAA GCT AAA ATG TGG TAT ACA CAG GCG CTT AAT CTG TTG GGT GAT GAG 5664 Glu Ala Lys Met Trp Tyr Thr Gln Ala Leu Asn Leu Leu Gly Asp Glu 1875 1880 1885 CCA CAA GTG ATG CTG AGT ACG ACT TGG GCT AAT CCA ACA TTG GGT AAT 5712 Pro Gln Val Met Leu Ser Thr Thr Trp Ala Asn Pro Thr Leu Gly Asn 1890 1895 1900 GCT GCT TCA AAA ACC ACA CAG CAG GTT CGT CAG CAA GTG CTT ACC CAG 5760 Ala Ala Ser Lys Thr Thr Gln Gln Val Arg Gln Gln Val Leu Thr Gln 1905 1910 1915 1920 TTG CGT CTC AAT AGC AGG GTA AAA ACC CCG TTG CTA GGA ACA GCC AAT 5808 Leu Arg Leu Asn Ser Arg Val Lys Thr Pro Leu Leu Gly Thr Ala Asn 1925 1930 1935 TCC CTG ACC GCT TTA TTC CTG CCG CAG GAA AAT AGC AAG CTC AAA GGC 5856 Ser Leu Thr Ala Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln Glu Asn Ser Lys Leu Lys Gly 1940 1945 1950 TAC TGG CGG ACA CTG GCG CAG CGT ATG TTT AAT TTA CGT CAT AAT CTG 5904 Tyr Trp Arg Thr Leu Ala Gln Arg Met Phe Asn Leu Arg His Asn Leu 1955 1960 1965 TCG ATT GAC GGC CAG CCG CTC TCC TTG CCG CTG TAT GCT AAA CCG GCT 5952 Ser Ile Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu Ser Leu Pro Leu Tyr Ala Lys Pro Ala 1970 1975 1980 GAT CCA AAA GCT TTA CTG AGT GCG GCG GTT TCA GCT TCT CAA GGG GGA 6000 Asp Pro Lys Ala Leu Leu Ser Ala Ala Val Ser Ala Ser Gln Gly Gly 1985 1990 1995 2000 GCC GAC TTG CCG AAG GCG CCG CTG ACT ATT CAC CGC TTC CCT CAA ATG 6048 Ala Asp Leu Pro Lys Ala Pro Leu Thr Ile His Arg Phe Pro Gln Met 2005 2010 2015 CTA GAA GGG GCA CGG GGC TTG GTT AAC CAG CTT ATA CAG TTC GGT AGT 6096 Leu Glu Gly Ala Arg Gly Leu Val Asn Gln Leu Ile Gln Phe Gly Ser 2020 2025 2030 TCA CTA TTG GGG TAC AGT GAG CGT CAG GAT GCG GAA GCT ATG AGT CAA 6144 Ser Leu Leu Gly Tyr Ser Glu Arg Gln Asp Ala Glu Ala Met Ser Gln 2035 2040 2045 CTA CTG CAA ACC CAA GCC AGC GAG TTA ATA CTG ACC AGT ATT CGT ATG 6192 Leu Leu Gln Thr Gln Ala Ser Glu Leu Ile Leu Thr Ser Ile Arg Met 2050 2055 2060 CAG GAT AAC CAA TTG GCA GAG CTG GAT TCG GAA AAA ACC GCC TTG CAA 6240 Gln Asp Asn Gln Leu Ala Glu Leu Asp Ser Glu Lys Thr Ala Leu Gln 2065 2070 2075 2080 GTC TCT TTA GCT GGA GTG CAA CAA CGG TTT GAC AGC TAT AGC CAA CTG 6288 Val Ser Leu Ala Gly Val Gln Gln Arg Phe Asp Ser Tyr Ser Gln Leu 2085 2090 2095 TAT GAG GAG AAC ATC AAC GCA GGT GAG CAG CGA GCG CTG GCG TTA CGC 6336 Tyr Glu Glu Asn Ile Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Arg Ala Leu Ala Leu Arg 2100 2105 2110 TCA GAA TCT GCT ATT GAG TCT CAG GGA GCG CAG ATT TCC CGT ATG GCA 6384 Ser Glu Ser Ala Ile Glu Ser Gln Gly Ala Gln Ile Ser Arg Met Ala 2115 2120 2125 GGC GCG GGT GTT GAT ATG GCA CCA AAT ATC TTC GGC CTG GCT GAT GGC 6432 Gly Ala Gly Val Asp Met Ala Pro Asn Ile Phe Gly Leu Ala Asp Gly 2130 2135 2140 GGC ATG CAT TAT GGT GCT ATT GCC TAT GCC ATC GCT GAC GGT ATT GAG 6480 Gly Met His Tyr Gly Ala Ile Ala Tyr Ala Ile Ala Asp Gly Ile Glu 2145 2150 2155 2160 TTG AGT GCT TCT GCC AAG ATG GTT GAT GCG GAG AAA GTT GCT CAG TCG 6528 Leu Ser Ala Ser Ala Lys Met Val Asp Ala Glu Lys Val Ala Gln Ser 2165 2170 2175 GAA ATA TAT CGC CGT CGC CGT CAA GAA TGG AAA ATT CAG CGT GAC AAC 6576 Glu Ile Tyr Arg Arg Arg Arg Gln Glu Trp Lys Ile Gln Arg Asp Asn 2180 2185 2190 GCA CAA GCG GAG ATT AAC CAG TTA AAC GCG CAA CTG GAA TCA CTG TCT 6624 Ala Gln Ala Glu Ile Asn Gln Leu Asn Ala Gln Leu Glu Ser Leu Ser 2195 2200 2205 ATT CGC CGT GAA GCC GCT GAA ATG CAA AAA GAG TAC CTG AAA ACC CAG 6672 Ile Arg Arg Glu Ala Ala Glu Met Gln Lys Glu Tyr Leu Lys Thr Gln 2210 2215 2220 CAA GCT CAG GCG CAG GCA CAA CTT ACT TTC TTA AGA AGC AAA TTC AGT 6720 Gln Ala Gln Ala Gln Ala Gln Leu Thr Phe Leu Arg Ser Lys Phe Ser 2225 2230 2235 2240 AAT CAA GCG TTA TAT AGT TGG TTA CGA GGG CGT TTG TCA GGT ATT TAT 6768 Asn Gln Ala Leu Tyr Ser Trp Leu Arg Gly Arg Leu Ser Gly Ile Tyr 2245 2250 2255 TTC CAG TTC TAT GAC TTG GCC GTA TCA CGT TGC CTG ATG GCA GAG CAA 6816 Phe Gln Phe Tyr Asp Leu Ala Val Ser Arg Cys Leu Met Ala Glu Gln 2260 2265 2270 TCC TAT CAA TGG GAA GCT AAT GAT AAT TCC ATT AGC TTT GTC AAA CCG 6864 Ser Tyr Gln Trp Glu Ala Asn Asp Asn Ser Ile Ser Phe Val Lys Pro 2275 2280 2285 GGT GCA TGG CAA GGA ACT TAC GCC GGC TTA TTG TGT GGA GAA GCT TTG 6912 Gly Ala Trp Gln Gly Thr Tyr Ala Gly Leu Leu Cys Gly Glu Ala Leu 2290 2295 2300 ATA CAA AAT CTG GCA CAA ATG GAA GAG GCA TAT CTG AAA TGG GAA TCT 6960 Ile Gln Asn Leu Ala Gln Met Glu Glu Ala Tyr Leu Lys Trp Glu Ser 2305 2310 2315 2320 CGC GCT TTG GAA GTA GAA CGC ACG GTT TCA TTG GCA GTG GTT TAT GAT 7008 Arg Ala Leu Glu Val Glu Arg Thr Val Ser Leu Ala Val Val Tyr Asp 2325 2330 2335 TCA CTG GAA GGT AAT GAT CGT TTT AAT TTA GCG GAA CAA ATA CCT GCA 7056 Ser Leu Glu Gly Asn Asp Arg Phe Asn Leu Ala Glu Gln Ile Pro Ala 2340 2345 2350 TTA TTG GAT AAG GGG GAG GGA ACA GCA GGA ACT AAA GAA AAT GGG TTA 7104 Leu Leu Asp Lys Gly Glu Gly Thr Ala Gly Thr Lys Glu Asn Gly Leu 2355 2360 2365 TCA TTG GCT AAT GCT ATC CTG TCA GCT TCG GTC AAA TTG TCC GAC TTG 7152 Ser Leu Ala Asn Ala Ile Leu Ser Ala Ser Val Lys Leu Ser Asp Leu 2370 2375 2380 AAA CTG GGA ACG GAT TAT CCA GAC AGT ATC GTT GGT AGC AAC AAG GTT 7200 Lys Leu Gly Thr Asp Tyr Pro Asp Ser Ile Val Gly Ser Asn Lys Val 2385 2390 2395 2400 CGT CGT ATT AAG CAA ATC AGT GTT TCG CTA CCT GCA TTG GTT GGG CCT 7248 Arg Arg Ile Lys Gln Ile Ser Val Ser Leu Pro Ala Leu Val Gly Pro 2405 2410 2415 TAT CAG GAT GTT CAG GCT ATG CTC AGC TAT GGT GGC AGT ACT CAA TTG 7296 Tyr Gln Asp Val Gln Ala Met Leu Ser Tyr Gly Gly Ser Thr Gln Leu 2420 2425 2430 CCG AAA GGT TGT TCA GCG TTG GCT GTG TCT CAT GGT ACC AAT GAT AGT 7344 Pro Lys Gly Cys Ser Ala Leu Ala Val Ser His Gly Thr Asn Asp Ser 2435 2440 2445 GGT CAG TTC CAG TTG GAT TTC AAT GAC GGC AAA TAC CTG CCA TTT GAA 7392 Gly Gln Phe Gln Leu Asp Phe Asn Asp Gly Lys Tyr Leu Pro Phe Glu 2450 2455 2460 GGT ATT GCT CTT GAT GAT CAG GGT ACA CTG AAT CTT CAA TTT CCG AAT 7440 Gly Ile Ala Leu Asp Asp Gln Gly Thr Leu Asn Leu Gln Phe Pro Asn 2465 2470 2475 2480 GCT ACC GAC AAG CAG AAA GCA ATA TTG CAA ACT ATG AGC GAT ATT ATT 7488 Ala Thr Asp Lys Gln Lys Ala Ile Leu Gln Thr Met Ser Asp Ile Ile 2485 2490 2495 TTG CAT ATT CGT TAT ACC ATC CGT TAA 7515 Leu His Ile Arg Tyr Thr Ile Arg 2500 2504 amino acids amino acid linear protein 12 Met Gln Asn Ser Leu Ser Ser Thr Ile Asp Thr Ile Cys Gln Lys Leu 1 5 10 15 Gln Leu Thr Cys Pro Ala Glu Ile Ala Leu Tyr Pro Phe Asp Thr Phe 20 25 30 Arg Glu Lys Thr Arg Gly Met Val Asn Trp Gly Glu Ala Lys Arg Ile 35 40 45 Tyr Glu Ile Ala Gln Ala Glu Gln Asp Arg Asn Leu Leu His Glu Lys 50 55 60 Arg Ile Phe Ala Tyr Ala Asn Pro Leu Leu Lys Asn Ala Val Arg Leu 65 70 75 80 Gly Thr Arg Gln Met Leu Gly Phe Ile Gln Gly Tyr Ser Asp Leu Phe 85 90 95 Gly Asn Arg Ala Asp Asn Tyr Ala Ala Pro Gly Ser Val Ala Ser Met 100 105 110 Phe Ser Pro Ala Ala Tyr Leu Thr Glu Leu Tyr Arg Glu Ala Lys Asn 115 120 125 Leu His Asp Ser Ser Ser Ile Tyr Tyr Leu Asp Lys Arg Arg Pro Asp 130 135 140 Leu Ala Ser Leu Met Leu Ser Gln Lys Asn Met Asp Glu Glu Ile Ser 145 150 155 160 Thr Leu Ala Leu Ser Asn Glu Leu Cys Leu Ala Gly Ile Glu Thr Lys 165 170 175 Thr Gly Lys Ser Gln Asp Glu Val Met Asp Met Leu Ser Thr Tyr Arg 180 185 190 Leu Ser Gly Glu Thr Pro Tyr His His Ala Tyr Glu Thr Val Arg Glu 195 200 205 Ile Val His Glu Arg Asp Pro Gly Phe Arg His Leu Ser Gln Ala Pro 210 215 220 Ile Val Ala Ala Lys Leu Asp Pro Val Thr Leu Leu Gly Ile Ser Ser 225 230 235 240 His Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Tyr Asn Leu Leu Ile Glu Glu Ile Pro Glu 245 250 255 Lys Asp Glu Ala Ala Leu Asp Thr Leu Tyr Lys Thr Asn Phe Gly Asp 260 265 270 Ile Thr Thr Ala Gln Leu Met Ser Pro Ser Tyr Leu Ala Arg Tyr Tyr 275 280 285 Gly Val Ser Pro Glu Asp Ile Ala Tyr Val Thr Thr Ser Leu Ser His 290 295 300 Val Gly Tyr Ser Ser Asp Ile Leu Val Ile Pro Leu Val Asp Gly Val 305 310 315 320 Gly Lys Met Glu Val Val Arg Val Thr Arg Thr Pro Ser Asp Asn Tyr 325 330 335 Thr Ser Gln Thr Asn Tyr Ile Glu Leu Tyr Pro Gln Gly Gly Asp Asn 340 345 350 Tyr Leu Ile Lys Tyr Asn Leu Ser Asn Ser Phe Gly Leu Asp Asp Phe 355 360 365 Tyr Leu Gln Tyr Lys Asp Gly Ser Ala Asp Trp Thr Glu Ile Ala His 370 375 380 Asn Pro Tyr Pro Asp Met Val Ile Asn Gln Lys Tyr Glu Ser Gln Ala 385 390 395 400 Thr Ile Lys Arg Ser Asp Ser Asp Asn Ile Leu Ser Ile Gly Leu Gln 405 410 415 Arg Trp His Ser Gly Ser Tyr Asn Phe Ala Ala Ala Asn Phe Lys Ile 420 425 430 Asp Gln Tyr Ser Pro Lys Ala Phe Leu Leu Lys Met Asn Lys Ala Ile 435 440 445 Arg Leu Leu Lys Ala Thr Gly Leu Ser Phe Ala Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile 450 455 460 Val Asp Ser Val Asn Ser Thr Lys Ser Ile Thr Val Glu Val Leu Asn 465 470 475 480 Lys Val Tyr Arg Val Lys Phe Tyr Ile Asp Arg Tyr Gly Ile Ser Glu 485 490 495 Glu Thr Ala Ala Ile Leu Ala Asn Ile Asn Ile Ser Gln Gln Ala Val 500 505 510 Gly Asn Gln Leu Ser Gln Phe Glu Gln Leu Phe Asn His Pro Pro Leu 515 520 525 Asn Gly Ile Arg Tyr Glu Ile Ser Glu Asp Asn Ser Lys His Leu Pro 530 535 540 Asn Pro Asp Leu Asn Leu Lys Pro Asp Ser Thr Gly Asp Asp Gln Arg 545 550 555 560 Lys Ala Val Leu Lys Arg Ala Phe Gln Val Asn Ala Ser Glu Leu Tyr 565 570 575 Gln Met Leu Leu Ile Thr Asp Arg Lys Glu Asp Gly Val Ile Lys Asn 580 585 590 Asn Leu Glu Asn Leu Ser Asp Leu Tyr Leu Val Ser Leu Leu Ala Gln 595 600 605 Ile His Asn Leu Thr Ile Ala Glu Leu Asn Ile Leu Leu Val Ile Cys 610 615 620 Gly Tyr Gly Asp Thr Asn Ile Tyr Gln Ile Thr Asp Asp Asn Leu Ala 625 630 635 640 Lys Ile Val Glu Thr Leu Leu Trp Ile Thr Gln Trp Leu Lys Thr Gln 645 650 655 Lys Trp Thr Val Thr Asp Leu Phe Leu Met Thr Thr Ala Thr Tyr Ser 660 665 670 Thr Thr Leu Thr Pro Glu Ile Ser Asn Leu Thr Ala Thr Leu Ser Ser 675 680 685 Thr Leu His Gly Lys Glu Ser Leu Ile Gly Glu Asp Leu Lys Arg Ala 690 695 700 Met Ala Pro Cys Phe Thr Ser Ala Leu His Leu Thr Ser Gln Glu Val 705 710 715 720 Ala Tyr Asp Leu Leu Leu Trp Ile Asp Gln Ile Gln Pro Ala Gln Ile 725 730 735 Thr Val Asp Gly Phe Trp Glu Glu Val Gln Thr Thr Pro Thr Ser Leu 740 745 750 Lys Val Ile Thr Phe Ala Gln Val Leu Ala Gln Leu Ser Leu Ile Tyr 755 760 765 Arg Arg Ile Gly Leu Ser Glu Thr Glu Leu Ser Leu Ile Val Thr Gln 770 775 780 Ser Ser Leu Leu Val Ala Gly Lys Ser Ile Leu Asp His Gly Leu Leu 785 790 795 800 Thr Leu Met Ala Leu Glu Gly Phe His Thr Trp Val Asn Gly Leu Gly 805 810 815 Gln His Ala Ser Leu Ile Leu Ala Ala Leu Lys Asp Gly Ala Leu Thr 820 825 830 Val Thr Asp Val Ala Gln Ala Met Asn Lys Glu Glu Ser Leu Leu Gln 835 840 845 Met Ala Ala Asn Gln Val Glu Lys Asp Leu Thr Lys Leu Thr Ser Trp 850 855 860 Thr Gln Ile Asp Ala Ile Leu Gln Trp Leu Gln Met Ser Ser Ala Leu 865 870 875 880 Ala Val Ser Pro Leu Asp Leu Ala Gly Met Met Ala Leu Lys Tyr Gly 885 890 895 Ile Asp His Asn Tyr Ala Ala Trp Gln Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Leu Met 900 905 910 Ala Asp His Ala Asn Gln Ala Gln Lys Lys Leu Asp Glu Thr Phe Ser 915 920 925 Lys Ala Leu Cys Asn Tyr Tyr Ile Asn Ala Val Val Asp Ser Ala Ala 930 935 940 Gly Val Arg Asp Arg Asn Gly Leu Tyr Thr Tyr Leu Leu Ile Asp Asn 945 950 955 960 Gln Val Ser Ala Asp Val Ile Thr Ser Arg Ile Ala Glu Ala Ile Ala 965 970 975 Gly Ile Gln Leu Tyr Val Asn Arg Ala Leu Asn Arg Asp Glu Gly Gln 980 985 990 Leu Ala Ser Asp Val Ser Thr Arg Gln Phe Phe Thr Asp Trp Glu Arg 995 1000 1005 Tyr Asn Lys Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala Gly Val Ser Glu Leu Val Tyr 1010 1015 1020 Tyr Pro Glu Asn Tyr Val Asp Pro Thr Gln Arg Ile Gly Gln Thr Lys 1025 1030 1035 1040 Met Met Asp Ala Leu Leu Gln Ser Ile Asn Gln Ser Gln Leu Asn Ala 1045 1050 1055 Asp Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Phe Lys Thr Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln 1060 1065 1070 Val Ala Asn Leu Lys Val Ile Ser Ala Tyr His Asp Asn Val Asn Val 1075 1080 1085 Asp Gln Gly Leu Thr Tyr Phe Ile Gly Ile Asp Gln Ala Ala Pro Gly 1090 1095 1100 Thr Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Ser Val Asp His Ser Lys Cys Glu Asn Gly Lys 1105 1110 1115 1120 Phe Ala Ala Asn Ala Trp Gly Glu Trp Asn Lys Ile Thr Cys Ala Val 1125 1130 1135 Asn Pro Trp Lys Asn Ile Ile Arg Pro Val Val Tyr Met Ser Arg Leu 1140 1145 1150 Tyr Leu Leu Trp Leu Glu Gln Gln Ser Lys Lys Ser Asp Asp Gly Lys 1155 1160 1165 Thr Thr Ile Tyr Gln Tyr Asn Leu Lys Leu Ala His Ile Arg Tyr Asp 1170 1175 1180 Gly Ser Trp Asn Thr Pro Phe Thr Phe Asp Val Thr Glu Lys Val Lys 1185 1190 1195 1200 Asn Tyr Thr Ser Ser Thr Asp Ala Ala Glu Ser Leu Gly Leu Tyr Cys 1205 1210 1215 Thr Gly Tyr Gln Gly Glu Asp Thr Leu Leu Val Met Phe Tyr Ser Met 1220 1225 1230 Gln Ser Ser Tyr Ser Ser Tyr Thr Asp Asn Asn Ala Pro Val Thr Gly 1235 1240 1245 Leu Tyr Ile Phe Ala Asp Met Ser Ser Asp Asn Met Thr Asn Ala Gln 1250 1255 1260 Ala Thr Asn Tyr Trp Asn Asn Ser Tyr Pro Gln Phe Asp Thr Val Met 1265 1270 1275 1280 Ala Asp Pro Asp Ser Asp Asn Lys Lys Val Ile Thr Arg Arg Val Asn 1285 1290 1295 Asn Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Tyr Glu Ile Pro Ser Ser Val Thr Ser Asn 1300 1305 1310 Ser Asn Tyr Ser Trp Gly Asp His Ser Leu Thr Met Leu Tyr Gly Gly 1315 1320 1325 Ser Val Pro Asn Ile Thr Phe Glu Ser Ala Ala Glu Asp Leu Arg Leu 1330 1335 1340 Ser Thr Asn Met Ala Leu Ser Ile Ile His Asn Gly Tyr Ala Gly Thr 1345 1350 1355 1360 Arg Arg Ile Gln Cys Asn Leu Met Lys Gln Tyr Ala Ser Leu Gly Asp 1365 1370 1375 Lys Phe Ile Ile Tyr Asp Ser Ser Phe Asp Asp Ala Asn Arg Phe Asn 1380 1385 1390 Leu Val Pro Leu Phe Lys Phe Gly Lys Asp Glu Asn Ser Asp Asp Ser 1395 1400 1405 Ile Cys Ile Tyr Asn Glu Asn Pro Ser Ser Glu Asp Lys Lys Trp Tyr 1410 1415 1420 Phe Ser Ser Lys Asp Asp Asn Lys Thr Ala Asp Tyr Asn Gly Gly Thr 1425 1430 1435 1440 Gln Cys Ile Asp Ala Gly Thr Ser Asn Lys Asp Phe Tyr Tyr Asn Leu 1445 1450 1455 Gln Glu Ile Glu Val Ile Ser Val Thr Gly Gly Tyr Trp Ser Ser Tyr 1460 1465 1470 Lys Ile Ser Asn Pro Ile Asn Ile Asn Thr Gly Ile Asp Ser Ala Lys 1475 1480 1485 Val Lys Val Thr Val Lys Ala Gly Gly Asp Asp Gln Ile Phe Thr Ala 1490 1495 1500 Asp Asn Ser Thr Tyr Val Pro Gln Gln Pro Ala Pro Ser Phe Glu Glu 1505 1510 1515 1520 Met Ile Tyr Gln Phe Asn Asn Leu Thr Ile Asp Cys Lys Asn Leu Asn 1525 1530 1535 Phe Ile Asp Asn Gln Ala His Ile Glu Ile Asp Phe Thr Ala Thr Ala 1540 1545 1550 Gln Asp Gly Arg Phe Leu Gly Ala Glu Thr Phe Ile Ile Pro Val Thr 1555 1560 1565 Lys Lys Val Leu Gly Thr Glu Asn Val Ile Ala Leu Tyr Ser Glu Asn 1570 1575 1580 Asn Gly Val Gln Tyr Met Gln Ile Gly Ala Tyr Arg Thr Arg Leu Asn 1585 1590 1595 1600 Thr Leu Phe Ala Gln Gln Leu Val Ser Arg Ala Asn Arg Gly Ile Asp 1605 1610 1615 Ala Val Leu Ser Met Glu Thr Gln Asn Ile Gln Glu Pro Gln Leu Gly 1620 1625 1630 Ala Gly Thr Tyr Val Gln Leu Val Leu Asp Lys Tyr Asp Glu Ser Ile 1635 1640 1645 His Gly Thr Asn Lys Ser Phe Ala Ile Glu Tyr Val Asp Ile Phe Lys 1650 1655 1660 Glu Asn Asp Ser Phe Val Ile Tyr Gln Gly Glu Leu Ser Glu Thr Ser 1665 1670 1675 1680 Gln Thr Val Val Lys Val Phe Leu Ser Tyr Phe Ile Glu Ala Thr Gly 1685 1690 1695 Asn Lys Asn His Leu Trp Val Arg Ala Lys Tyr Gln Lys Glu Thr Thr 1700 1705 1710 Asp Lys Ile Leu Phe Asp Arg Thr Asp Glu Lys Asp Pro His Gly Trp 1715 1720 1725 Phe Leu Ser Asp Asp His Lys Thr Phe Ser Gly Leu Ser Ser Ala Gln 1730 1735 1740 Ala Leu Lys Asn Asp Ser Glu Pro Met Asp Phe Ser Gly Ala Asn Ala 1745 1750 1755 1760 Leu Tyr Phe Trp Glu Leu Phe Tyr Tyr Thr Pro Met Met Met Ala His 1765 1770 1775 Arg Leu Leu Gln Glu Gln Asn Phe Asp Ala Ala Asn His Trp Phe Arg 1780 1785 1790 Tyr Val Trp Ser Pro Ser Gly Tyr Ile Val Asp Gly Lys Ile Ala Ile 1795 1800 1805 Tyr His Trp Asn Val Arg Pro Leu Glu Glu Asp Thr Ser Trp Asn Ala 1810 1815 1820 Gln Gln Leu Asp Ser Thr Asp Pro Asp Ala Val Ala Gln Asp Asp Pro 1825 1830 1835 1840 Met His Tyr Lys Val Ala Thr Phe Met Ala Thr Leu Asp Leu Leu Met 1845 1850 1855 Ala Arg Gly Asp Ala Ala Tyr Arg Gln Leu Glu Arg Asp Thr Leu Ala 1860 1865 1870 Glu Ala Lys Met Trp Tyr Thr Gln Ala Leu Asn Leu Leu Gly Asp Glu 1875 1880 1885 Pro Gln Val Met Leu Ser Thr Thr Trp Ala Asn Pro Thr Leu Gly Asn 1890 1895 1900 Ala Ala Ser Lys Thr Thr Gln Gln Val Arg Gln Gln Val Leu Thr Gln 1905 1910 1915 1920 Leu Arg Leu Asn Ser Arg Val Lys Thr Pro Leu Leu Gly Thr Ala Asn 1925 1930 1935 Ser Leu Thr Ala Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln Glu Asn Ser Lys Leu Lys Gly 1940 1945 1950 Tyr Trp Arg Thr Leu Ala Gln Arg Met Phe Asn Leu Arg His Asn Leu 1955 1960 1965 Ser Ile Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu Ser Leu Pro Leu Tyr Ala Lys Pro Ala 1970 1975 1980 Asp Pro Lys Ala Leu Leu Ser Ala Ala Val Ser Ala Ser Gln Gly Gly 1985 1990 1995 2000 Ala Asp Leu Pro Lys Ala Pro Leu Thr Ile His Arg Phe Pro Gln Met 2005 2010 2015 Leu Glu Gly Ala Arg Gly Leu Val Asn Gln Leu Ile Gln Phe Gly Ser 2020 2025 2030 Ser Leu Leu Gly Tyr Ser Glu Arg Gln Asp Ala Glu Ala Met Ser Gln 2035 2040 2045 Leu Leu Gln Thr Gln Ala Ser Glu Leu Ile Leu Thr Ser Ile Arg Met 2050 2055 2060 Gln Asp Asn Gln Leu Ala Glu Leu Asp Ser Glu Lys Thr Ala Leu Gln 2065 2070 2075 2080 Val Ser Leu Ala Gly Val Gln Gln Arg Phe Asp Ser Tyr Ser Gln Leu 2085 2090 2095 Tyr Glu Glu Asn Ile Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Arg Ala Leu Ala Leu Arg 2100 2105 2110 Ser Glu Ser Ala Ile Glu Ser Gln Gly Ala Gln Ile Ser Arg Met Ala 2115 2120 2125 Gly Ala Gly Val Asp Met Ala Pro Asn Ile Phe Gly Leu Ala Asp Gly 2130 2135 2140 Gly Met His Tyr Gly Ala Ile Ala Tyr Ala Ile Ala Asp Gly Ile Glu 2145 2150 2155 2160 Leu Ser Ala Ser Ala Lys Met Val Asp Ala Glu Lys Val Ala Gln Ser 2165 2170 2175 Glu Ile Tyr Arg Arg Arg Arg Gln Glu Trp Lys Ile Gln Arg Asp Asn 2180 2185 2190 Ala Gln Ala Glu Ile Asn Gln Leu Asn Ala Gln Leu Glu Ser Leu Ser 2195 2200 2205 Ile Arg Arg Glu Ala Ala Glu Met Gln Lys Glu Tyr Leu Lys Thr Gln 2210 2215 2220 Gln Ala Gln Ala Gln Ala Gln Leu Thr Phe Leu Arg Ser Lys Phe Ser 2225 2230 2235 2240 Asn Gln Ala Leu Tyr Ser Trp Leu Arg Gly Arg Leu Ser Gly Ile Tyr 2245 2250 2255 Phe Gln Phe Tyr Asp Leu Ala Val Ser Arg Cys Leu Met Ala Glu Gln 2260 2265 2270 Ser Tyr Gln Trp Glu Ala Asn Asp Asn Ser Ile Ser Phe Val Lys Pro 2275 2280 2285 Gly Ala Trp Gln Gly Thr Tyr Ala Gly Leu Leu Cys Gly Glu Ala Leu 2290 2295 2300 Ile Gln Asn Leu Ala Gln Met Glu Glu Ala Tyr Leu Lys Trp Glu Ser 2305 2310 2315 2320 Arg Ala Leu Glu Val Glu Arg Thr Val Ser Leu Ala Val Val Tyr Asp 2325 2330 2335 Ser Leu Glu Gly Asn Asp Arg Phe Asn Leu Ala Glu Gln Ile Pro Ala 2340 2345 2350 Leu Leu Asp Lys Gly Glu Gly Thr Ala Gly Thr Lys Glu Asn Gly Leu 2355 2360 2365 Ser Leu Ala Asn Ala Ile Leu Ser Ala Ser Val Lys Leu Ser Asp Leu 2370 2375 2380 Lys Leu Gly Thr Asp Tyr Pro Asp Ser Ile Val Gly Ser Asn Lys Val 2385 2390 2395 2400 Arg Arg Ile Lys Gln Ile Ser Val Ser Leu Pro Ala Leu Val Gly Pro 2405 2410 2415 Tyr Gln Asp Val Gln Ala Met Leu Ser Tyr Gly Gly Ser Thr Gln Leu 2420 2425 2430 Pro Lys Gly Cys Ser Ala Leu Ala Val Ser His Gly Thr Asn Asp Ser 2435 2440 2445 Gly Gln Phe Gln Leu Asp Phe Asn Asp Gly Lys Tyr Leu Pro Phe Glu 2450 2455 2460 Gly Ile Ala Leu Asp Asp Gln Gly Thr Leu Asn Leu Gln Phe Pro Asn 2465 2470 2475 2480 Ala Thr Asp Lys Gln Lys Ala Ile Leu Gln Thr Met Ser Asp Ile Ile 2485 2490 2495 Leu His Ile Arg Tyr Thr Ile Arg 2500 12 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 13 Leu Ile Gly Tyr Asn Asn Gln Phe Ser Gly Xaa Ala 1 5 10 12 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 14 Met Gln Asn Ser Gln Thr Phe Ser Val Gly Glu Leu 1 5 10 14 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 15 Ala Gln Asp Gly Asn Gln Asp Thr Phe Phe Ser Gly Asn Thr 1 5 10 5 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 16 Met Gln Asn Ser Leu 1 5 10 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 17 Ala Phe Asn Ile Asp Asp Val Ser Leu Phe 1 5 10 16 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 18 Phe Ile Val Tyr Thr Ser Leu Gly Val Asn Pro Asn Asn Ser Ser Asn 1 5 10 15 21 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 19 Ile Ser Asp Leu Val Thr Thr Ser Pro Leu Ser Glu Ala Ile Gly Ser 1 5 10 15 Leu Gln Leu Phe Ile 20 12 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 20 Met Tyr Tyr Ile Gln Ala Gln Gln Leu Leu Gly Pro 1 5 10 26 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 21 Gly Ile Asp Ala Val Leu Ser Met Glu Thr Gln Asn Ile Gln Glu Pro 1 5 10 15 Gln Leu Gly Ala Gly Thr Tyr Val Gln Leu 20 25 15 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 22 Ile Ser Asn Pro Ile Asn Ile Asn Thr Gly Ile Asp Ser Ala Lys 1 5 10 15 13 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 23 Thr Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln Val Ala Asn Leu Lys 1 5 10 22 amino acids amino acid single linear peptide 24 Val Leu Gly Thr Glu Asn Val Ile Ala Leu Tyr Ser Glu Asn Asn Gly 1 5 10 15 Val Gln Tyr Met Gln Ile 20 6055 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) CDS 66..3635 25 AGTAGCCCAA AACTTAAGTG CCGCAATCAG CAATCGTCAG TAACCGGATA AAGAAGGAAT 60 TGATT ATG TCT GAA TCT TTA TTT ACA CAA ACG TTG AAA GAA GCG CGC 107 Met Ser Glu Ser Leu Phe Thr Gln Thr Leu Lys Glu Ala Arg 1 5 10 CGT GAT GCA TTG GTT GCT CAT TAT ATT GCT ACT CAG GTG CCC GCA GAT 155 Arg Asp Ala Leu Val Ala His Tyr Ile Ala Thr Gln Val Pro Ala Asp 15 20 25 30 TTA AAA GAG AGT ATC CAG ACC GCG GAT GAT CTG TAC GAA TAT CTG TTG 203 Leu Lys Glu Ser Ile Gln Thr Ala Asp Asp Leu Tyr Glu Tyr Leu Leu 35 40 45 CTG GAT ACC AAA ATT AGC GAT CTG GTT ACT ACT TCA CCG CTG TCC GAA 251 Leu Asp Thr Lys Ile Ser Asp Leu Val Thr Thr Ser Pro Leu Ser Glu 50 55 60 GCG ATT GGC AGT CTG CAA TTG TTT ATT CAT CGT GCG ATA GAG GGC TAT 299 Ala Ile Gly Ser Leu Gln Leu Phe Ile His Arg Ala Ile Glu Gly Tyr 65 70 75 GAC GGC ACG CTG GCA GAC TCA GCA AAA CCC TAT TTT GCC GAT GAA CAG 347 Asp Gly Thr Leu Ala Asp Ser Ala Lys Pro Tyr Phe Ala Asp Glu Gln 80 85 90 TTT TTA TAT AAC TGG GAT AGT TTT AAC CAC CGT TAT AGC ACT TGG GCT 395 Phe Leu Tyr Asn Trp Asp Ser Phe Asn His Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala 95 100 105 110 GGC AAG GAA CGG TTG AAA TTC TAT GCC GGG GAT TAT ATT GAT CCA ACA 443 Gly Lys Glu Arg Leu Lys Phe Tyr Ala Gly Asp Tyr Ile Asp Pro Thr 115 120 125 TTG CGA TTG AAT AAG ACC GAG ATA TTT ACC GCA TTT GAA CAA GGT ATT 491 Leu Arg Leu Asn Lys Thr Glu Ile Phe Thr Ala Phe Glu Gln Gly Ile 130 135 140 TCT CAA GGG AAA TTA AAA AGT GAA TTA GTC GAA TCT AAA TTA CGT GAT 539 Ser Gln Gly Lys Leu Lys Ser Glu Leu Val Glu Ser Lys Leu Arg Asp 145 150 155 TAT CTA ATT AGT TAT GAC ACT TTA GCC ACC CTT GAT TAT ATT ACT GCC 587 Tyr Leu Ile Ser Tyr Asp Thr Leu Ala Thr Leu Asp Tyr Ile Thr Ala 160 165 170 TGC CAA GGC AAA GAT AAT AAA ACC ATC TTC TTT ATT GGC CGT ACA CAG 635 Cys Gln Gly Lys Asp Asn Lys Thr Ile Phe Phe Ile Gly Arg Thr Gln 175 180 185 190 AAT GCA CCC TAT GCA TTT TAT TGG CGA AAA TTA ACT TTA GTC ACT GAT 683 Asn Ala Pro Tyr Ala Phe Tyr Trp Arg Lys Leu Thr Leu Val Thr Asp 195 200 205 GGC GGT AAG TTG AAA CCA GAT CAA TGG TCA GAG TGG CGA GCA ATT AAT 731 Gly Gly Lys Leu Lys Pro Asp Gln Trp Ser Glu Trp Arg Ala Ile Asn 210 215 220 GCC GGG ATT AGT GAG GCA TAT TCA GGG CAT GTC GAG CCT TTC TGG GAA 779 Ala Gly Ile Ser Glu Ala Tyr Ser Gly His Val Glu Pro Phe Trp Glu 225 230 235 AAT AAC AAG CTG CAC ATC CGT TGG TTT ACT ATC TCG AAA GAA GAT AAA 827 Asn Asn Lys Leu His Ile Arg Trp Phe Thr Ile Ser Lys Glu Asp Lys 240 245 250 ATA GAT TTT GTT TAT AAA AAC ATC TGG GTG ATG AGT AGC GAT TAT AGC 875 Ile Asp Phe Val Tyr Lys Asn Ile Trp Val Met Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ser 255 260 265 270 TGG GCA TCA AAG AAA AAA ATC TTG GAA CTT TCT TTT ACT GAC TAC AAT 923 Trp Ala Ser Lys Lys Lys Ile Leu Glu Leu Ser Phe Thr Asp Tyr Asn 275 280 285 AGA GTT GGA GCA ACA GGA TCA TCA AGC CCG ACT GAA GTA GCT TCA CAA 971 Arg Val Gly Ala Thr Gly Ser Ser Ser Pro Thr Glu Val Ala Ser Gln 290 295 300 TAT GGT TCT GAT GCT CAG ATG AAT ATT TCT GAT GAT GGG ACT GTA CTT 1019 Tyr Gly Ser Asp Ala Gln Met Asn Ile Ser Asp Asp Gly Thr Val Leu 305 310 315 ATT TTT CAG AAT GCC GGC GGA GCT ACT CCC AGT ACT GGA GTG ACG TTA 1067 Ile Phe Gln Asn Ala Gly Gly Ala Thr Pro Ser Thr Gly Val Thr Leu 320 325 330 TGT TAT GAC TCT GGC AAC GTG ATT AAG AAC CTA TCT AGT ACA GGA AGT 1115 Cys Tyr Asp Ser Gly Asn Val Ile Lys Asn Leu Ser Ser Thr Gly Ser 335 340 345 350 GCA AAT TTA TCG TCA AAG GAT TAT GCC ACA ACT AAA TTA CGC ATG TGT 1163 Ala Asn Leu Ser Ser Lys Asp Tyr Ala Thr Thr Lys Leu Arg Met Cys 355 360 365 CAT GGA CAA AGT TAC AAT GAT AAT AAC TAC TGC AAT TTT ACA CTC TCT 1211 His Gly Gln Ser Tyr Asn Asp Asn Asn Tyr Cys Asn Phe Thr Leu Ser 370 375 380 ATT AAT ACA ATA GAA TTC ACC TCC TAC GGC ACA TTC TCA TCA GAT GGA 1259 Ile Asn Thr Ile Glu Phe Thr Ser Tyr Gly Thr Phe Ser Ser Asp Gly 385 390 395 AAA CAA TTT ACA CCA CCT TCT GGT TCT GCC ATT GAT TTA CAC CTC CCT 1307 Lys Gln Phe Thr Pro Pro Ser Gly Ser Ala Ile Asp Leu His Leu Pro 400 405 410 AAT TAT GTA GAT CTC AAC GCG CTA TTA GAT ATT AGC CTC GAT TCA CTA 1355 Asn Tyr Val Asp Leu Asn Ala Leu Leu Asp Ile Ser Leu Asp Ser Leu 415 420 425 430 CTT AAT TAT GAC GTT CAG GGG CAG TTT GGC GGA TCT AAT CCG GTT GAT 1403 Leu Asn Tyr Asp Val Gln Gly Gln Phe Gly Gly Ser Asn Pro Val Asp 435 440 445 AAT TTC AGT GGT CCC TAT GGT ATT TAT CTA TGG GAA ATC TTC TTC CAT 1451 Asn Phe Ser Gly Pro Tyr Gly Ile Tyr Leu Trp Glu Ile Phe Phe His 450 455 460 ATT CCG TTC CTT GTT ACG GTC CGT ATG CAA ACC GAA CAA CGT TAC GAA 1499 Ile Pro Phe Leu Val Thr Val Arg Met Gln Thr Glu Gln Arg Tyr Glu 465 470 475 GAC GCG GAC ACT TGG TAC AAA TAT ATT TTC CGC AGC GCC GGT TAT CGC 1547 Asp Ala Asp Thr Trp Tyr Lys Tyr Ile Phe Arg Ser Ala Gly Tyr Arg 480 485 490 GAT GCT AAT GGC CAG CTC ATT ATG GAT GGC AGT AAA CCA CGT TAT TGG 1595 Asp Ala Asn Gly Gln Leu Ile Met Asp Gly Ser Lys Pro Arg Tyr Trp 495 500 505 510 AAT GTG ATG CCA TTG CAA CTG GAT ACC GCA TGG GAT ACC ACA CAG CCC 1643 Asn Val Met Pro Leu Gln Leu Asp Thr Ala Trp Asp Thr Thr Gln Pro 515 520 525 GCC ACC ACT GAT CCA GAT GTG ATC GCT ATG GCG GAC CCG ATG CAT TAC 1691 Ala Thr Thr Asp Pro Asp Val Ile Ala Met Ala Asp Pro Met His Tyr 530 535 540 AAG CTG GCG ATA TTC CTG CAT ACC CTT GAT CTA TTG ATT GCC CGA GGC 1739 Lys Leu Ala Ile Phe Leu His Thr Leu Asp Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Gly 545 550 555 GAC AGC GCT TAC CGT CAA CTT GAA CGC GAT ACT CTA GTC GAA GCC AAA 1787 Asp Ser Ala Tyr Arg Gln Leu Glu Arg Asp Thr Leu Val Glu Ala Lys 560 565 570 ATG TAC TAC ATT CAG GCA CAA CAG CTA CTG GGA CCG CGC CCT GAT ATC 1835 Met Tyr Tyr Ile Gln Ala Gln Gln Leu Leu Gly Pro Arg Pro Asp Ile 575 580 585 590 CAT ACC ACC AAT ACT TGG CCA AAT CCC ACC TTG AGT AAA GAA GCT GGC 1883 His Thr Thr Asn Thr Trp Pro Asn Pro Thr Leu Ser Lys Glu Ala Gly 595 600 605 GCT ATT GCC ACA CCG ACA TTC CTC AGT TCA CCG GAG GTG ATG ACG TTC 1931 Ala Ile Ala Thr Pro Thr Phe Leu Ser Ser Pro Glu Val Met Thr Phe 610 615 620 GCT GCC TGG CTA AGC GCA GGC GAT ACC GCA AAT ATT GGC GAC GGT GAT 1979 Ala Ala Trp Leu Ser Ala Gly Asp Thr Ala Asn Ile Gly Asp Gly Asp 625 630 635 TTC TTG CCA CCG TAC AAC GAT GTA CTA CTC GGT TAC TGG GAT AAA CTT 2027 Phe Leu Pro Pro Tyr Asn Asp Val Leu Leu Gly Tyr Trp Asp Lys Leu 640 645 650 GAG TTA CGC CTA TAC AAC CTG CGC CAC AAT CTG AGT CTG GAT GGT CAA 2075 Glu Leu Arg Leu Tyr Asn Leu Arg His Asn Leu Ser Leu Asp Gly Gln 655 660 665 670 CCG CTA AAT CTG CCA CTG TAT GCC ACG CCG GTA GAC CCG AAA ACC CTG 2123 Pro Leu Asn Leu Pro Leu Tyr Ala Thr Pro Val Asp Pro Lys Thr Leu 675 680 685 CAA CGC CAG CAA GCC GGA GGG GAC GGT ACA GGC AGT AGT CCG GCT GGT 2171 Gln Arg Gln Gln Ala Gly Gly Asp Gly Thr Gly Ser Ser Pro Ala Gly 690 695 700 GGT CAA GGC AGT GTT CAG GGC TGG CGC TAT CCG TTA TTG GTA GAA CGC 2219 Gly Gln Gly Ser Val Gln Gly Trp Arg Tyr Pro Leu Leu Val Glu Arg 705 710 715 GCC CGC TCT GCC GTG AGT TTG TTG ACT CAG TTC GGC AAC AGC TTA CAA 2267 Ala Arg Ser Ala Val Ser Leu Leu Thr Gln Phe Gly Asn Ser Leu Gln 720 725 730 ACA ACG TTA GAA CAT CAG GAT AAT GAA AAA ATG ACG ATA CTG TTG CAG 2315 Thr Thr Leu Glu His Gln Asp Asn Glu Lys Met Thr Ile Leu Leu Gln 735 740 745 750 ACT CAA CAG GAA GCC ATC CTG AAA CAT CAG CAC GAT ATA CAA CAA AAT 2363 Thr Gln Gln Glu Ala Ile Leu Lys His Gln His Asp Ile Gln Gln Asn 755 760 765 AAT CTA AAA GGA TTA CAA CAC AGC CTG ACC GCA TTA CAG GCT AGC CGT 2411 Asn Leu Lys Gly Leu Gln His Ser Leu Thr Ala Leu Gln Ala Ser Arg 770 775 780 GAT GGC GAC ACA TTG CGG CAA AAA CAT TAC AGC GAC CTG ATT AAC GGT 2459 Asp Gly Asp Thr Leu Arg Gln Lys His Tyr Ser Asp Leu Ile Asn Gly 785 790 795 GGT CTA TCT GCG GCA GAA ATC GCC GGT CTG ACA CTA CGC AGC ACC GCC 2507 Gly Leu Ser Ala Ala Glu Ile Ala Gly Leu Thr Leu Arg Ser Thr Ala 800 805 810 ATG ATT ACC AAT GGC GTT GCA ACG GGA TTG CTG ATT GCC GGC GGA ATC 2555 Met Ile Thr Asn Gly Val Ala Thr Gly Leu Leu Ile Ala Gly Gly Ile 815 820 825 830 GCC AAC GCG GTA CCT AAC GTC TTC GGG CTG GCT AAC GGT GGA TCG GAA 2603 Ala Asn Ala Val Pro Asn Val Phe Gly Leu Ala Asn Gly Gly Ser Glu 835 840 845 TGG GGA GCG CCA TTA ATT GGC TCC GGG CAA GCA ACC CAA GTT GGC GCC 2651 Trp Gly Ala Pro Leu Ile Gly Ser Gly Gln Ala Thr Gln Val Gly Ala 850 855 860 GGC ATC CAG GAT CAG AGC GCG GGC ATT TCA GAA GTG ACA GCA GGC TAT 2699 Gly Ile Gln Asp Gln Ser Ala Gly Ile Ser Glu Val Thr Ala Gly Tyr 865 870 875 CAG CGT CGT CAG GAA GAA TGG GCA TTG CAA CGG GAT ATT GCT GAT AAC 2747 Gln Arg Arg Gln Glu Glu Trp Ala Leu Gln Arg Asp Ile Ala Asp Asn 880 885 890 GAA ATA ACC CAA CTG GAT GCC CAG ATA CAA AGC CTG CAA GAG CAA ATC 2795 Glu Ile Thr Gln Leu Asp Ala Gln Ile Gln Ser Leu Gln Glu Gln Ile 895 900 905 910 ACG ATG GCA CAA AAA CAG ATC ACG CTC TCT GAA ACC GAA CAA GCG AAT 2843 Thr Met Ala Gln Lys Gln Ile Thr Leu Ser Glu Thr Glu Gln Ala Asn 915 920 925 GCC CAA GCG ATT TAT GAC CTG CAA ACC ACT CGT TTT ACC GGG CAG GCA 2891 Ala Gln Ala Ile Tyr Asp Leu Gln Thr Thr Arg Phe Thr Gly Gln Ala 930 935 940 CTG TAT AAC TGG ATG GCC GGT CGT CTC TCC GCG CTC TAT TAC CAA ATG 2939 Leu Tyr Asn Trp Met Ala Gly Arg Leu Ser Ala Leu Tyr Tyr Gln Met 945 950 955 TAT GAT TCC ACT CTG CCA ATC TGT CTC CAG CCA AAA GCC GCA TTA GTA 2987 Tyr Asp Ser Thr Leu Pro Ile Cys Leu Gln Pro Lys Ala Ala Leu Val 960 965 970 CAG GAA TTA GGC GAG AAA GAG AGC GAC AGT CTT TTC CAG GTT CCG GTG 3035 Gln Glu Leu Gly Glu Lys Glu Ser Asp Ser Leu Phe Gln Val Pro Val 975 980 985 990 TGG AAT GAT CTG TGG CAA GGG CTG TTA GCA GGA GAA GGT TTA AGT TCA 3083 Trp Asn Asp Leu Trp Gln Gly Leu Leu Ala Gly Glu Gly Leu Ser Ser 995 1000 1005 GAG CTA CAG AAA CTG GAT GCC ATC TGG CTT GCA CGT GGT GGT ATT GGG 3131 Glu Leu Gln Lys Leu Asp Ala Ile Trp Leu Ala Arg Gly Gly Ile Gly 1010 1015 1020 CTA GAA GCC ATC CGC ACC GTG TCG CTG GAT ACC CTG TTT GGC ACA GGG 3179 Leu Glu Ala Ile Arg Thr Val Ser Leu Asp Thr Leu Phe Gly Thr Gly 1025 1030 1035 ACG TTA AGT GAA AAT ATC AAT AAA GTG CTT AAC GGG GAA ACG GTA TCT 3227 Thr Leu Ser Glu Asn Ile Asn Lys Val Leu Asn Gly Glu Thr Val Ser 1040 1045 1050 CCA TCC GGT GGC GTC ACT CTG GCG CTG ACA GGG GAT ATC TTC CAA GCA 3275 Pro Ser Gly Gly Val Thr Leu Ala Leu Thr Gly Asp Ile Phe Gln Ala 1055 1060 1065 1070 ACA CTG GAT TTG AGT CAG CTA GGT TTG GAT AAC TCT TAC AAC TTG GGT 3323 Thr Leu Asp Leu Ser Gln Leu Gly Leu Asp Asn Ser Tyr Asn Leu Gly 1075 1080 1085 AAC GAG AAG AAA CGT CGT ATT AAA CGT ATC GCC GTC ACC CTG CCA ACA 3371 Asn Glu Lys Lys Arg Arg Ile Lys Arg Ile Ala Val Thr Leu Pro Thr 1090 1095 1100 CTT CTG GGG CCA TAT CAA GAT CTT GAA GCC ACA CTG GTA ATG GGT GCG 3419 Leu Leu Gly Pro Tyr Gln Asp Leu Glu Ala Thr Leu Val Met Gly Ala 1105 1110 1115 GAA ATC GCC GCC TTA TCA CAC GGT GTG AAT GAC GGA GGC CGG TTT GTT 3467 Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu Ser His Gly Val Asn Asp Gly Gly Arg Phe Val 1120 1125 1130 ACC GAC TTT AAC GAC AGC CGT TTT CTG CCT TTT GAA GGT CGA GAT GCA 3515 Thr Asp Phe Asn Asp Ser Arg Phe Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Arg Asp Ala 1135 1140 1145 1150 ACA ACC GGC ACA CTG GAG CTC AAT ATT TTC CAT GCG GGT AAA GAG GGA 3563 Thr Thr Gly Thr Leu Glu Leu Asn Ile Phe His Ala Gly Lys Glu Gly 1155 1160 1165 ACG CAA CAC GAG TTG GTC GCG AAT CTG AGT GAC ATC ATT GTG CAT CTG 3611 Thr Gln His Glu Leu Val Ala Asn Leu Ser Asp Ile Ile Val His Leu 1170 1175 1180 AAT TAC ATC ATT CGA GAC GCG TAA ATTTCTTTTC TTTGTCGATT ACAGGTCCCT 3665 Asn Tyr Ile Ile Arg Asp Ala * 1185 1190 ATCAGGGGCC TGTTATTAAG GAGTACTTTA TGCAGGATTC ACCAGAAGTA TCGATTACAA 3725 CGCTGTCACT TCCCAAAGGT GGCGGTGCTA TCAATGGCAT GGGAGAAGCA CTGAATGCTG 3785 CCGGCCCTGA TGGAATGGCC TCCCTATCTC TGCCATTACC CCTTTCGACC GGCAGAGGGA 3845 CGGCTCCTGG ATTATCGCTG ATTTACAGCA ACAGTGCAGG TAATGGGCCT TTCGGCATCG 3905 GCTGGCAATG CGGTGTTATG TCCATTAGCC GACGCACCCA ACATGGCATT CCACAATACG 3965 GTAATGACGA CACGTTCCTA TCCCCACAAG GCGAGGTCAT GAATATCGCC CTGAATGACC 4025 AAGGGCAACC TGATATCCGT CAAGACGTTA AAACGCTGCA AGGCGTTACC TTGCCAATTT 4085 CCTATACCGT GACCCGCTAT CAAGCCCGCC AGATCCTGGA TTTCAGTAAA ATCGAATACT 4145 GGCAACCTGC CTCCGGTCAA GAAGGACGCG CTTTCTGGCT GATATCGACA CCGGACGGGC 4205 ATCTACACAT CTTAGGGAAA ACCGCGCAGG CTTGTCTGGC AAATCCGCAA AATGACCAAC 4265 AAATCGCCCA GTGGTTGCTG GAAGAAACTG TGACGCCAGC CGGTGAACAT GTCAGCTATC 4325 AATATCGAGC CGAAGATGAA GCCCATTGTG ACGACAATGA AAAAACCGCT CATCCCAATG 4385 TTACCGCACA GCGCTATCTG GTACAGGTGA ACTACAGGCA ACATCAAACC ACAAGCCAGC 4445 CTGTTCGTAC TGGATAACGC ACCTCCCGCA CCGGAAGAGT GGCTGTTTCA TCTGGTCTTT 4505 GACCACGGTG AGCGCGTACC TCACTTCATA CCGTGCCAAC ATGGGATGCA GGTACAGCGC 4565 AATGGTCTGT ACGCCCGGAT ATCTTCTCTC GCTATGAATA TGGTTTTGAA GTGCGTACTC 4625 GCCGCTTATG TCAACAAGTG CTGATGTTTC ACCGCACCGC GCTCATGGCC GGAGAAGCCA 4685 GTACCAATGA CGCCCCGGAA CTGGTTGGAC GCTTAATACT GGAATATGAC AAAAACGCCA 4745 GCGTCACCAC GTTGATTACC ATCCGTCAAT TAAGCCATGA ATCGGACGGG AGGCCAGTCA 4805 CCCAGCCACC ACTAGAACTA GCCTGGCAAC GGTTTGATCT GGAGAAAATC CCGACATGGC 4865 AACGCTTTGA CGCACTAGAT AATTTTAACT CGCAGCAACG TTATCAACTG GTTGATCTGC 4925 GGGGAGAAGG GTTGCCAGGT ATGCTGTATC AAGATCGAGG CGCTTGGTGG TATAAAGCTC 4985 CGCAACGTCA GGAAGACGGA GACAGCAATG CCGTCACTTA CGACAAAATC GCCCCACTGC 5045 CTACCCTACC CAATTTGCAG GATAATGCCT CATTGATGGA TATCAACGGA GACGGCCAAC 5105 TGGATTGGGT TGTTACCGCC TCCGGTATTC GCGGATACCA TAGTCAGCAA CCCGATGGAA 5165 AGTGGACGCA CTTTACGCCA ATCAATGCCT TGCCCGTGGA ATATTTTCAT CCAAGCATCC 5225 AGTTCGCTGA CCTTACCGGG GCAGGCTTAT CTGATTTAGT GTTGATCGGG CCGAAAAGCG 5285 TGCGTCTATA TGCCAACCAG CGAAACGGCT GGCGTAAAGG AGAAGATGTC CCCCAATCCA 5345 CAGGTATCAC CCTGCCTGTC ACAGGGACCG ATGCCCGCAA ACTGGTGGCT TTCAGTGATA 5405 TGCTCGGTTC CGGTCAACAA CATCTGGTGG AAATCAAGGG TAATCGCGTC ACCTGTTGGC 5465 CGAATCTAGG GCATGGCCGT TTCGGTCAAC CACTAACTCT GTCAGGATTT AGCCAGCCCG 5525 AAAATAGCTT CAATCCCGAA CGGCTGTTTC TGGCGGATAT CGACGGCTCC GGCACCACCG 5585 ACCTTATCTA TGCGCAATCC GGCTCTTTGC TCATTTATCT CAACCAAAGT GGTAATCAGT 5645 TTGATGCCCC GTTGACATTA GCGTTGCCAG AAGGCGTACA ATTTGACAAC ACTTGCCAAC 5705 TTCAAGTCGC CGATATTCAG GGATTAGGGA TAGCCAGCTT GATTCTGACT GTGCCACATA 5765 TCGCGCCACA TCACTGGCGT TGTGACCTGT CACTGACCAA ACCCTGGTTG TTGAATGTAA 5825 TGAACAATAA CCGGGGCGCA CATCACACGC TACATTATCG TAGTTCCGCG CAATTCTGGT 5885 TGGATGAAAA ATTACAGCTC ACCAAAGCAG GCAAATCTCC GGCTTGTTAT CTGCCGTTTC 5945 CAATGCATTT GCTATGGTAT ACCGAAATTC AGGATGAAAT CAGCGGCAAC CGGCTCACCA 6005 GTGAAGTCAA CTACAGCCAC GGCGTCTGGG ATGGTAAAGA GCGGGAATTC 6055 1189 amino acids amino acid linear protein 26 Met Ser Glu Ser Leu Phe Thr Gln Thr Leu Lys Glu Ala Arg Arg Asp 1 5 10 15 Ala Leu Val Ala His Tyr Ile Ala Thr Gln Val Pro Ala Asp Leu Lys 20 25 30 Glu Ser Ile Gln Thr Ala Asp Asp Leu Tyr Glu Tyr Leu Leu Leu Asp 35 40 45 Thr Lys Ile Ser Asp Leu Val Thr Thr Ser Pro Leu Ser Glu Ala Ile 50 55 60 Gly Ser Leu Gln Leu Phe Ile His Arg Ala Ile Glu Gly Tyr Asp Gly 65 70 75 80 Thr Leu Ala Asp Ser Ala Lys Pro Tyr Phe Ala Asp Glu Gln Phe Leu 85 90 95 Tyr Asn Trp Asp Ser Phe Asn His Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala Gly Lys 100 105 110 Glu Arg Leu Lys Phe Tyr Ala Gly Asp Tyr Ile Asp Pro Thr Leu Arg 115 120 125 Leu Asn Lys Thr Glu Ile Phe Thr Ala Phe Glu Gln Gly Ile Ser Gln 130 135 140 Gly Lys Leu Lys Ser Glu Leu Val Glu Ser Lys Leu Arg Asp Tyr Leu 145 150 155 160 Ile Ser Tyr Asp Thr Leu Ala Thr Leu Asp Tyr Ile Thr Ala Cys Gln 165 170 175 Gly Lys Asp Asn Lys Thr Ile Phe Phe Ile Gly Arg Thr Gln Asn Ala 180 185 190 Pro Tyr Ala Phe Tyr Trp Arg Lys Leu Thr Leu Val Thr Asp Gly Gly 195 200 205 Lys Leu Lys Pro Asp Gln Trp Ser Glu Trp Arg Ala Ile Asn Ala Gly 210 215 220 Ile Ser Glu Ala Tyr Ser Gly His Val Glu Pro Phe Trp Glu Asn Asn 225 230 235 240 Lys Leu His Ile Arg Trp Phe Thr Ile Ser Lys Glu Asp Lys Ile Asp 245 250 255 Phe Val Tyr Lys Asn Ile Trp Val Met Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ser Trp Ala 260 265 270 Ser Lys Lys Lys Ile Leu Glu Leu Ser Phe Thr Asp Tyr Asn Arg Val 275 280 285 Gly Ala Thr Gly Ser Ser Ser Pro Thr Glu Val Ala Ser Gln Tyr Gly 290 295 300 Ser Asp Ala Gln Met Asn Ile Ser Asp Asp Gly Thr Val Leu Ile Phe 305 310 315 320 Gln Asn Ala Gly Gly Ala Thr Pro Ser Thr Gly Val Thr Leu Cys Tyr 325 330 335 Asp Ser Gly Asn Val Ile Lys Asn Leu Ser Ser Thr Gly Ser Ala Asn 340 345 350 Leu Ser Ser Lys Asp Tyr Ala Thr Thr Lys Leu Arg Met Cys His Gly 355 360 365 Gln Ser Tyr Asn Asp Asn Asn Tyr Cys Asn Phe Thr Leu Ser Ile Asn 370 375 380 Thr Ile Glu Phe Thr Ser Tyr Gly Thr Phe Ser Ser Asp Gly Lys Gln 385 390 395 400 Phe Thr Pro Pro Ser Gly Ser Ala Ile Asp Leu His Leu Pro Asn Tyr 405 410 415 Val Asp Leu Asn Ala Leu Leu Asp Ile Ser Leu Asp Ser Leu Leu Asn 420 425 430 Tyr Asp Val Gln Gly Gln Phe Gly Gly Ser Asn Pro Val Asp Asn Phe 435 440 445 Ser Gly Pro Tyr Gly Ile Tyr Leu Trp Glu Ile Phe Phe His Ile Pro 450 455 460 Phe Leu Val Thr Val Arg Met Gln Thr Glu Gln Arg Tyr Glu Asp Ala 465 470 475 480 Asp Thr Trp Tyr Lys Tyr Ile Phe Arg Ser Ala Gly Tyr Arg Asp Ala 485 490 495 Asn Gly Gln Leu Ile Met Asp Gly Ser Lys Pro Arg Tyr Trp Asn Val 500 505 510 Met Pro Leu Gln Leu Asp Thr Ala Trp Asp Thr Thr Gln Pro Ala Thr 515 520 525 Thr Asp Pro Asp Val Ile Ala Met Ala Asp Pro Met His Tyr Lys Leu 530 535 540 Ala Ile Phe Leu His Thr Leu Asp Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Gly Asp Ser 545 550 555 560 Ala Tyr Arg Gln Leu Glu Arg Asp Thr Leu Val Glu Ala Lys Met Tyr 565 570 575 Tyr Ile Gln Ala Gln Gln Leu Leu Gly Pro Arg Pro Asp Ile His Thr 580 585 590 Thr Asn Thr Trp Pro Asn Pro Thr Leu Ser Lys Glu Ala Gly Ala Ile 595 600 605 Ala Thr Pro Thr Phe Leu Ser Ser Pro Glu Val Met Thr Phe Ala Ala 610 615 620 Trp Leu Ser Ala Gly Asp Thr Ala Asn Ile Gly Asp Gly Asp Phe Leu 625 630 635 640 Pro Pro Tyr Asn Asp Val Leu Leu Gly Tyr Trp Asp Lys Leu Glu Leu 645 650 655 Arg Leu Tyr Asn Leu Arg His Asn Leu Ser Leu Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu 660 665 670 Asn Leu Pro Leu Tyr Ala Thr Pro Val Asp Pro Lys Thr Leu Gln Arg 675 680 685 Gln Gln Ala Gly Gly Asp Gly Thr Gly Ser Ser Pro Ala Gly Gly Gln 690 695 700 Gly Ser Val Gln Gly Trp Arg Tyr Pro Leu Leu Val Glu Arg Ala Arg 705 710 715 720 Ser Ala Val Ser Leu Leu Thr Gln Phe Gly Asn Ser Leu Gln Thr Thr 725 730 735 Leu Glu His Gln Asp Asn Glu Lys Met Thr Ile Leu Leu Gln Thr Gln 740 745 750 Gln Glu Ala Ile Leu Lys His Gln His Asp Ile Gln Gln Asn Asn Leu 755 760 765 Lys Gly Leu Gln His Ser Leu Thr Ala Leu Gln Ala Ser Arg Asp Gly 770 775 780 Asp Thr Leu Arg Gln Lys His Tyr Ser Asp Leu Ile Asn Gly Gly Leu 785 790 795 800 Ser Ala Ala Glu Ile Ala Gly Leu Thr Leu Arg Ser Thr Ala Met Ile 805 810 815 Thr Asn Gly Val Ala Thr Gly Leu Leu Ile Ala Gly Gly Ile Ala Asn 820 825 830 Ala Val Pro Asn Val Phe Gly Leu Ala Asn Gly Gly Ser Glu Trp Gly 835 840 845 Ala Pro Leu Ile Gly Ser Gly Gln Ala Thr Gln Val Gly Ala Gly Ile 850 855 860 Gln Asp Gln Ser Ala Gly Ile Ser Glu Val Thr Ala Gly Tyr Gln Arg 865 870 875 880 Arg Gln Glu Glu Trp Ala Leu Gln Arg Asp Ile Ala Asp Asn Glu Ile 885 890 895 Thr Gln Leu Asp Ala Gln Ile Gln Ser Leu Gln Glu Gln Ile Thr Met 900 905 910 Ala Gln Lys Gln Ile Thr Leu Ser Glu Thr Glu Gln Ala Asn Ala Gln 915 920 925 Ala Ile Tyr Asp Leu Gln Thr Thr Arg Phe Thr Gly Gln Ala Leu Tyr 930 935 940 Asn Trp Met Ala Gly Arg Leu Ser Ala Leu Tyr Tyr Gln Met Tyr Asp 945 950 955 960 Ser Thr Leu Pro Ile Cys Leu Gln Pro Lys Ala Ala Leu Val Gln Glu 965 970 975 Leu Gly Glu Lys Glu Ser Asp Ser Leu Phe Gln Val Pro Val Trp Asn 980 985 990 Asp Leu Trp Gln Gly Leu Leu Ala Gly Glu Gly Leu Ser Ser Glu Leu 995 1000 1005 Gln Lys Leu Asp Ala Ile Trp Leu Ala Arg Gly Gly Ile Gly Leu Glu 1010 1015 1020 Ala Ile Arg Thr Val Ser Leu Asp Thr Leu Phe Gly Thr Gly Thr Leu 1025 1030 1035 1040 Ser Glu Asn Ile Asn Lys Val Leu Asn Gly Glu Thr Val Ser Pro Ser 1045 1050 1055 Gly Gly Val Thr Leu Ala Leu Thr Gly Asp Ile Phe Gln Ala Thr Leu 1060 1065 1070 Asp Leu Ser Gln Leu Gly Leu Asp Asn Ser Tyr Asn Leu Gly Asn Glu 1075 1080 1085 Lys Lys Arg Arg Ile Lys Arg Ile Ala Val Thr Leu Pro Thr Leu Leu 1090 1095 1100 Gly Pro Tyr Gln Asp Leu Glu Ala Thr Leu Val Met Gly Ala Glu Ile 1105 1110 1115 1120 Ala Ala Leu Ser His Gly Val Asn Asp Gly Gly Arg Phe Val Thr Asp 1125 1130 1135 Phe Asn Asp Ser Arg Phe Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Arg Asp Ala Thr Thr 1140 1145 1150 Gly Thr Leu Glu Leu Asn Ile Phe His Ala Gly Lys Glu Gly Thr Gln 1155 1160 1165 His Glu Leu Val Ala Asn Leu Ser Asp Ile Ile Val His Leu Asn Tyr 1170 1175 1180 Ile Ile Arg Asp Ala 1185 1881 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) CDS 1..1881 27 ATG TCT GAA TCT TTA TTT ACA CAA ACG TTG AAA GAA GCG CGC CGT GAT 48 Met Ser Glu Ser Leu Phe Thr Gln Thr Leu Lys Glu Ala Arg Arg Asp 1 5 10 15 GCA TTG GTT GCT CAT TAT ATT GCT ACT CAG GTG CCC GCA GAT TTA AAA 96 Ala Leu Val Ala His Tyr Ile Ala Thr Gln Val Pro Ala Asp Leu Lys 20 25 30 GAG AGT ATC CAG ACC GCG GAT GAT CTG TAC GAA TAT CTG TTG CTG GAT 144 Glu Ser Ile Gln Thr Ala Asp Asp Leu Tyr Glu Tyr Leu Leu Leu Asp 35 40 45 ACC AAA ATT AGC GAT CTG GTT ACT ACT TCA CCG CTG TCC GAA GCG ATT 192 Thr Lys Ile Ser Asp Leu Val Thr Thr Ser Pro Leu Ser Glu Ala Ile 50 55 60 GGC AGT CTG CAA TTG TTT ATT CAT CGT GCG ATA GAG GGC TAT GAC GGC 240 Gly Ser Leu Gln Leu Phe Ile His Arg Ala Ile Glu Gly Tyr Asp Gly 65 70 75 80 ACG CTG GCA GAC TCA GCA AAA CCC TAT TTT GCC GAT GAA CAG TTT TTA 288 Thr Leu Ala Asp Ser Ala Lys Pro Tyr Phe Ala Asp Glu Gln Phe Leu 85 90 95 TAT AAC TGG GAT AGT TTT AAC CAC CGT TAT AGC ACT TGG GCT GGC AAG 336 Tyr Asn Trp Asp Ser Phe Asn His Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala Gly Lys 100 105 110 GAA CGG TTG AAA TTC TAT GCC GGG GAT TAT ATT GAT CCA ACA TTG CGA 384 Glu Arg Leu Lys Phe Tyr Ala Gly Asp Tyr Ile Asp Pro Thr Leu Arg 115 120 125 TTG AAT AAG ACC GAG ATA TTT ACC GCA TTT GAA CAA GGT ATT TCT CAA 432 Leu Asn Lys Thr Glu Ile Phe Thr Ala Phe Glu Gln Gly Ile Ser Gln 130 135 140 GGG AAA TTA AAA AGT GAA TTA GTC GAA TCT AAA TTA CGT GAT TAT CTA 480 Gly Lys Leu Lys Ser Glu Leu Val Glu Ser Lys Leu Arg Asp Tyr Leu 145 150 155 160 ATT AGT TAT GAC ACT TTA GCC ACC CTT GAT TAT ATT ACT GCC TGC CAA 528 Ile Ser Tyr Asp Thr Leu Ala Thr Leu Asp Tyr Ile Thr Ala Cys Gln 165 170 175 GGC AAA GAT AAT AAA ACC ATC TTC TTT ATT GGC CGT ACA CAG AAT GCA 576 Gly Lys Asp Asn Lys Thr Ile Phe Phe Ile Gly Arg Thr Gln Asn Ala 180 185 190 CCC TAT GCA TTT TAT TGG CGA AAA TTA ACT TTA GTC ACT GAT GGC GGT 624 Pro Tyr Ala Phe Tyr Trp Arg Lys Leu Thr Leu Val Thr Asp Gly Gly 195 200 205 AAG TTG AAA CCA GAT CAA TGG TCA GAG TGG CGA GCA ATT AAT GCC GGG 672 Lys Leu Lys Pro Asp Gln Trp Ser Glu Trp Arg Ala Ile Asn Ala Gly 210 215 220 ATT AGT GAG GCA TAT TCA GGG CAT GTC GAG CCT TTC TGG GAA AAT AAC 720 Ile Ser Glu Ala Tyr Ser Gly His Val Glu Pro Phe Trp Glu Asn Asn 225 230 235 240 AAG CTG CAC ATC CGT TGG TTT ACT ATC TCG AAA GAA GAT AAA ATA GAT 768 Lys Leu His Ile Arg Trp Phe Thr Ile Ser Lys Glu Asp Lys Ile Asp 245 250 255 TTT GTT TAT AAA AAC ATC TGG GTG ATG AGT AGC GAT TAT AGC TGG GCA 816 Phe Val Tyr Lys Asn Ile Trp Val Met Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ser Trp Ala 260 265 270 TCA AAG AAA AAA ATC TTG GAA CTT TCT TTT ACT GAC TAC AAT AGA GTT 864 Ser Lys Lys Lys Ile Leu Glu Leu Ser Phe Thr Asp Tyr Asn Arg Val 275 280 285 GGA GCA ACA GGA TCA TCA AGC CCG ACT GAA GTA GCT TCA CAA TAT GGT 912 Gly Ala Thr Gly Ser Ser Ser Pro Thr Glu Val Ala Ser Gln Tyr Gly 290 295 300 TCT GAT GCT CAG ATG AAT ATT TCT GAT GAT GGG ACT GTA CTT ATT TTT 960 Ser Asp Ala Gln Met Asn Ile Ser Asp Asp Gly Thr Val Leu Ile Phe 305 310 315 320 CAG AAT GCC GGC GGA GCT ACT CCC AGT ACT GGA GTG ACG TTA TGT TAT 1008 Gln Asn Ala Gly Gly Ala Thr Pro Ser Thr Gly Val Thr Leu Cys Tyr 325 330 335 GAC TCT GGC AAC GTG ATT AAG AAC CTA TCT AGT ACA GGA AGT GCA AAT 1056 Asp Ser Gly Asn Val Ile Lys Asn Leu Ser Ser Thr Gly Ser Ala Asn 340 345 350 TTA TCG TCA AAG GAT TAT GCC ACA ACT AAA TTA CGC ATG TGT CAT GGA 1104 Leu Ser Ser Lys Asp Tyr Ala Thr Thr Lys Leu Arg Met Cys His Gly 355 360 365 CAA AGT TAC AAT GAT AAT AAC TAC TGC AAT TTT ACA CTC TCT ATT AAT 1152 Gln Ser Tyr Asn Asp Asn Asn Tyr Cys Asn Phe Thr Leu Ser Ile Asn 370 375 380 ACA ATA GAA TTC ACC TCC TAC GGC ACA TTC TCA TCA GAT GGA AAA CAA 1200 Thr Ile Glu Phe Thr Ser Tyr Gly Thr Phe Ser Ser Asp Gly Lys Gln 385 390 395 400 TTT ACA CCA CCT TCT GGT TCT GCC ATT GAT TTA CAC CTC CCT AAT TAT 1248 Phe Thr Pro Pro Ser Gly Ser Ala Ile Asp Leu His Leu Pro Asn Tyr 405 410 415 GTA GAT CTC AAC GCG CTA TTA GAT ATT AGC CTC GAT TCA CTA CTT AAT 1296 Val Asp Leu Asn Ala Leu Leu Asp Ile Ser Leu Asp Ser Leu Leu Asn 420 425 430 TAT GAC GTT CAG GGG CAG TTT GGC GGA TCT AAT CCG GTT GAT AAT TTC 1344 Tyr Asp Val Gln Gly Gln Phe Gly Gly Ser Asn Pro Val Asp Asn Phe 435 440 445 AGT GGT CCC TAT GGT ATT TAT CTA TGG GAA ATC TTC TTC CAT ATT CCG 1392 Ser Gly Pro Tyr Gly Ile Tyr Leu Trp Glu Ile Phe Phe His Ile Pro 450 455 460 TTC CTT GTT ACG GTC CGT ATG CAA ACC GAA CAA CGT TAC GAA GAC GCG 1440 Phe Leu Val Thr Val Arg Met Gln Thr Glu Gln Arg Tyr Glu Asp Ala 465 470 475 480 GAC ACT TGG TAC AAA TAT ATT TTC CGC AGC GCC GGT TAT CGC GAT GCT 1488 Asp Thr Trp Tyr Lys Tyr Ile Phe Arg Ser Ala Gly Tyr Arg Asp Ala 485 490 495 AAT GGC CAG CTC ATT ATG GAT GGC AGT AAA CCA CGT TAT TGG AAT GTG 1536 Asn Gly Gln Leu Ile Met Asp Gly Ser Lys Pro Arg Tyr Trp Asn Val 500 505 510 ATG CCA TTG CAA CTG GAT ACC GCA TGG GAT ACC ACA CAG CCC GCC ACC 1584 Met Pro Leu Gln Leu Asp Thr Ala Trp Asp Thr Thr Gln Pro Ala Thr 515 520 525 ACT GAT CCA GAT GTG ATC GCT ATG GCG GAC CCG ATG CAT TAC AAG CTG 1632 Thr Asp Pro Asp Val Ile Ala Met Ala Asp Pro Met His Tyr Lys Leu 530 535 540 GCG ATA TTC CTG CAT ACC CTT GAT CTA TTG ATT GCC CGA GGC GAC AGC 1680 Ala Ile Phe Leu His Thr Leu Asp Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Gly Asp Ser 545 550 555 560 GCT TAC CGT CAA CTT GAA CGC GAT ACT CTA GTC GAA GCC AAA ATG TAC 1728 Ala Tyr Arg Gln Leu Glu Arg Asp Thr Leu Val Glu Ala Lys Met Tyr 565 570 575 TAC ATT CAG GCA CAA CAG CTA CTG GGA CCG CGC CCT GAT ATC CAT ACC 1776 Tyr Ile Gln Ala Gln Gln Leu Leu Gly Pro Arg Pro Asp Ile His Thr 580 585 590 ACC AAT ACT TGG CCA AAT CCC ACC TTG AGT AAA GAA GCT GGC GCT ATT 1824 Thr Asn Thr Trp Pro Asn Pro Thr Leu Ser Lys Glu Ala Gly Ala Ile 595 600 605 GCC ACA CCG ACA TTC CTC AGT TCA CCG GAG GTG ATG ACG TTC GCT GCC 1872 Ala Thr Pro Thr Phe Leu Ser Ser Pro Glu Val Met Thr Phe Ala Ala 610 615 620 TGG CTA AGC 1881 Trp Leu Ser 625 627 amino acids amino acid linear protein 28 Met Ser Glu Ser Leu Phe Thr Gln Thr Leu Lys Glu Ala Arg Arg Asp 1 5 10 15 Ala Leu Val Ala His Tyr Ile Ala Thr Gln Val Pro Ala Asp Leu Lys 20 25 30 Glu Ser Ile Gln Thr Ala Asp Asp Leu Tyr Glu Tyr Leu Leu Leu Asp 35 40 45 Thr Lys Ile Ser Asp Leu Val Thr Thr Ser Pro Leu Ser Glu Ala Ile 50 55 60 Gly Ser Leu Gln Leu Phe Ile His Arg Ala Ile Glu Gly Tyr Asp Gly 65 70 75 80 Thr Leu Ala Asp Ser Ala Lys Pro Tyr Phe Ala Asp Glu Gln Phe Leu 85 90 95 Tyr Asn Trp Asp Ser Phe Asn His Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala Gly Lys 100 105 110 Glu Arg Leu Lys Phe Tyr Ala Gly Asp Tyr Ile Asp Pro Thr Leu Arg 115 120 125 Leu Asn Lys Thr Glu Ile Phe Thr Ala Phe Glu Gln Gly Ile Ser Gln 130 135 140 Gly Lys Leu Lys Ser Glu Leu Val Glu Ser Lys Leu Arg Asp Tyr Leu 145 150 155 160 Ile Ser Tyr Asp Thr Leu Ala Thr Leu Asp Tyr Ile Thr Ala Cys Gln 165 170 175 Gly Lys Asp Asn Lys Thr Ile Phe Phe Ile Gly Arg Thr Gln Asn Ala 180 185 190 Pro Tyr Ala Phe Tyr Trp Arg Lys Leu Thr Leu Val Thr Asp Gly Gly 195 200 205 Lys Leu Lys Pro Asp Gln Trp Ser Glu Trp Arg Ala Ile Asn Ala Gly 210 215 220 Ile Ser Glu Ala Tyr Ser Gly His Val Glu Pro Phe Trp Glu Asn Asn 225 230 235 240 Lys Leu His Ile Arg Trp Phe Thr Ile Ser Lys Glu Asp Lys Ile Asp 245 250 255 Phe Val Tyr Lys Asn Ile Trp Val Met Ser Ser Asp Tyr Ser Trp Ala 260 265 270 Ser Lys Lys Lys Ile Leu Glu Leu Ser Phe Thr Asp Tyr Asn Arg Val 275 280 285 Gly Ala Thr Gly Ser Ser Ser Pro Thr Glu Val Ala Ser Gln Tyr Gly 290 295 300 Ser Asp Ala Gln Met Asn Ile Ser Asp Asp Gly Thr Val Leu Ile Phe 305 310 315 320 Gln Asn Ala Gly Gly Ala Thr Pro Ser Thr Gly Val Thr Leu Cys Tyr 325 330 335 Asp Ser Gly Asn Val Ile Lys Asn Leu Ser Ser Thr Gly Ser Ala Asn 340 345 350 Leu Ser Ser Lys Asp Tyr Ala Thr Thr Lys Leu Arg Met Cys His Gly 355 360 365 Gln Ser Tyr Asn Asp Asn Asn Tyr Cys Asn Phe Thr Leu Ser Ile Asn 370 375 380 Thr Ile Glu Phe Thr Ser Tyr Gly Thr Phe Ser Ser Asp Gly Lys Gln 385 390 395 400 Phe Thr Pro Pro Ser Gly Ser Ala Ile Asp Leu His Leu Pro Asn Tyr 405 410 415 Val Asp Leu Asn Ala Leu Leu Asp Ile Ser Leu Asp Ser Leu Leu Asn 420 425 430 Tyr Asp Val Gln Gly Gln Phe Gly Gly Ser Asn Pro Val Asp Asn Phe 435 440 445 Ser Gly Pro Tyr Gly Ile Tyr Leu Trp Glu Ile Phe Phe His Ile Pro 450 455 460 Phe Leu Val Thr Val Arg Met Gln Thr Glu Gln Arg Tyr Glu Asp Ala 465 470 475 480 Asp Thr Trp Tyr Lys Tyr Ile Phe Arg Ser Ala Gly Tyr Arg Asp Ala 485 490 495 Asn Gly Gln Leu Ile Met Asp Gly Ser Lys Pro Arg Tyr Trp Asn Val 500 505 510 Met Pro Leu Gln Leu Asp Thr Ala Trp Asp Thr Thr Gln Pro Ala Thr 515 520 525 Thr Asp Pro Asp Val Ile Ala Met Ala Asp Pro Met His Tyr Lys Leu 530 535 540 Ala Ile Phe Leu His Thr Leu Asp Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Gly Asp Ser 545 550 555 560 Ala Tyr Arg Gln Leu Glu Arg Asp Thr Leu Val Glu Ala Lys Met Tyr 565 570 575 Tyr Ile Gln Ala Gln Gln Leu Leu Gly Pro Arg Pro Asp Ile His Thr 580 585 590 Thr Asn Thr Trp Pro Asn Pro Thr Leu Ser Lys Glu Ala Gly Ala Ile 595 600 605 Ala Thr Pro Thr Phe Leu Ser Ser Pro Glu Val Met Thr Phe Ala Ala 610 615 620 Trp Leu Ser 625 1689 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) CDS 1..1689 29 GCA GGC GAT ACC GCA AAT ATT GGC GAC GGT GAT TTC TTG CCA CCG TAC 48 Ala Gly Asp Thr Ala Asn Ile Gly Asp Gly Asp Phe Leu Pro Pro Tyr 1 5 10 15 AAC GAT GTA CTA CTC GGT TAC TGG GAT AAA CTT GAG TTA CGC CTA TAC 96 Asn Asp Val Leu Leu Gly Tyr Trp Asp Lys Leu Glu Leu Arg Leu Tyr 20 25 30 AAC CTG CGC CAC AAT CTG AGT CTG GAT GGT CAA CCG CTA AAT CTG CCA 144 Asn Leu Arg His Asn Leu Ser Leu Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu Asn Leu Pro 35 40 45 CTG TAT GCC ACG CCG GTA GAC CCG AAA ACC CTG CAA CGC CAG CAA GCC 192 Leu Tyr Ala Thr Pro Val Asp Pro Lys Thr Leu Gln Arg Gln Gln Ala 50 55 60 GGA GGG GAC GGT ACA GGC AGT AGT CCG GCT GGT GGT CAA GGC AGT GTT 240 Gly Gly Asp Gly Thr Gly Ser Ser Pro Ala Gly Gly Gln Gly Ser Val 65 70 75 80 CAG GGC TGG CGC TAT CCG TTA TTG GTA GAA CGC GCC CGC TCT GCC GTG 288 Gln Gly Trp Arg Tyr Pro Leu Leu Val Glu Arg Ala Arg Ser Ala Val 85 90 95 AGT TTG TTG ACT CAG TTC GGC AAC AGC TTA CAA ACA ACG TTA GAA CAT 336 Ser Leu Leu Thr Gln Phe Gly Asn Ser Leu Gln Thr Thr Leu Glu His 100 105 110 CAG GAT AAT GAA AAA ATG ACG ATA CTG TTG CAG ACT CAA CAG GAA GCC 384 Gln Asp Asn Glu Lys Met Thr Ile Leu Leu Gln Thr Gln Gln Glu Ala 115 120 125 ATC CTG AAA CAT CAG CAC GAT ATA CAA CAA AAT AAT CTA AAA GGA TTA 432 Ile Leu Lys His Gln His Asp Ile Gln Gln Asn Asn Leu Lys Gly Leu 130 135 140 CAA CAC AGC CTG ACC GCA TTA CAG GCT AGC CGT GAT GGC GAC ACA TTG 480 Gln His Ser Leu Thr Ala Leu Gln Ala Ser Arg Asp Gly Asp Thr Leu 145 150 155 160 CGG CAA AAA CAT TAC AGC GAC CTG ATT AAC GGT GGT CTA TCT GCG GCA 528 Arg Gln Lys His Tyr Ser Asp Leu Ile Asn Gly Gly Leu Ser Ala Ala 165 170 175 GAA ATC GCC GGT CTG ACA CTA CGC AGC ACC GCC ATG ATT ACC AAT GGC 576 Glu Ile Ala Gly Leu Thr Leu Arg Ser Thr Ala Met Ile Thr Asn Gly 180 185 190 GTT GCA ACG GGA TTG CTG ATT GCC GGC GGA ATC GCC AAC GCG GTA CCT 624 Val Ala Thr Gly Leu Leu Ile Ala Gly Gly Ile Ala Asn Ala Val Pro 195 200 205 AAC GTC TTC GGG CTG GCT AAC GGT GGA TCG GAA TGG GGA GCG CCA TTA 672 Asn Val Phe Gly Leu Ala Asn Gly Gly Ser Glu Trp Gly Ala Pro Leu 210 215 220 ATT GGC TCC GGG CAA GCA ACC CAA GTT GGC GCC GGC ATC CAG GAT CAG 720 Ile Gly Ser Gly Gln Ala Thr Gln Val Gly Ala Gly Ile Gln Asp Gln 225 230 235 240 AGC GCG GGC ATT TCA GAA GTG ACA GCA GGC TAT CAG CGT CGT CAG GAA 768 Ser Ala Gly Ile Ser Glu Val Thr Ala Gly Tyr Gln Arg Arg Gln Glu 245 250 255 GAA TGG GCA TTG CAA CGG GAT ATT GCT GAT AAC GAA ATA ACC CAA CTG 816 Glu Trp Ala Leu Gln Arg Asp Ile Ala Asp Asn Glu Ile Thr Gln Leu 260 265 270 GAT GCC CAG ATA CAA AGC CTG CAA GAG CAA ATC ACG ATG GCA CAA AAA 864 Asp Ala Gln Ile Gln Ser Leu Gln Glu Gln Ile Thr Met Ala Gln Lys 275 280 285 CAG ATC ACG CTC TCT GAA ACC GAA CAA GCG AAT GCC CAA GCG ATT TAT 912 Gln Ile Thr Leu Ser Glu Thr Glu Gln Ala Asn Ala Gln Ala Ile Tyr 290 295 300 GAC CTG CAA ACC ACT CGT TTT ACC GGG CAG GCA CTG TAT AAC TGG ATG 960 Asp Leu Gln Thr Thr Arg Phe Thr Gly Gln Ala Leu Tyr Asn Trp Met 305 310 315 320 GCC GGT CGT CTC TCC GCG CTC TAT TAC CAA ATG TAT GAT TCC ACT CTG 1008 Ala Gly Arg Leu Ser Ala Leu Tyr Tyr Gln Met Tyr Asp Ser Thr Leu 325 330 335 CCA ATC TGT CTC CAG CCA AAA GCC GCA TTA GTA CAG GAA TTA GGC GAG 1056 Pro Ile Cys Leu Gln Pro Lys Ala Ala Leu Val Gln Glu Leu Gly Glu 340 345 350 AAA GAG AGC GAC AGT CTT TTC CAG GTT CCG GTG TGG AAT GAT CTG TGG 1104 Lys Glu Ser Asp Ser Leu Phe Gln Val Pro Val Trp Asn Asp Leu Trp 355 360 365 CAA GGG CTG TTA GCA GGA GAA GGT TTA AGT TCA GAG CTA CAG AAA CTG 1152 Gln Gly Leu Leu Ala Gly Glu Gly Leu Ser Ser Glu Leu Gln Lys Leu 370 375 380 GAT GCC ATC TGG CTT GCA CGT GGT GGT ATT GGG CTA GAA GCC ATC CGC 1200 Asp Ala Ile Trp Leu Ala Arg Gly Gly Ile Gly Leu Glu Ala Ile Arg 385 390 395 400 ACC GTG TCG CTG GAT ACC CTG TTT GGC ACA GGG ACG TTA AGT GAA AAT 1248 Thr Val Ser Leu Asp Thr Leu Phe Gly Thr Gly Thr Leu Ser Glu Asn 405 410 415 ATC AAT AAA GTG CTT AAC GGG GAA ACG GTA TCT CCA TCC GGT GGC GTC 1296 Ile Asn Lys Val Leu Asn Gly Glu Thr Val Ser Pro Ser Gly Gly Val 420 425 430 ACT CTG GCG CTG ACA GGG GAT ATC TTC CAA GCA ACA CTG GAT TTG AGT 1344 Thr Leu Ala Leu Thr Gly Asp Ile Phe Gln Ala Thr Leu Asp Leu Ser 435 440 445 CAG CTA GGT TTG GAT AAC TCT TAC AAC TTG GGT AAC GAG AAG AAA CGT 1392 Gln Leu Gly Leu Asp Asn Ser Tyr Asn Leu Gly Asn Glu Lys Lys Arg 450 455 460 CGT ATT AAA CGT ATC GCC GTC ACC CTG CCA ACA CTT CTG GGG CCA TAT 1440 Arg Ile Lys Arg Ile Ala Val Thr Leu Pro Thr Leu Leu Gly Pro Tyr 465 470 475 480 CAA GAT CTT GAA GCC ACA CTG GTA ATG GGT GCG GAA ATC GCC GCC TTA 1488 Gln Asp Leu Glu Ala Thr Leu Val Met Gly Ala Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu 485 490 495 TCA CAC GGT GTG AAT GAC GGA GGC CGG TTT GTT ACC GAC TTT AAC GAC 1536 Ser His Gly Val Asn Asp Gly Gly Arg Phe Val Thr Asp Phe Asn Asp 500 505 510 AGC CGT TTT CTG CCT TTT GAA GGT CGA GAT GCA ACA ACC GGC ACA CTG 1584 Ser Arg Phe Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Arg Asp Ala Thr Thr Gly Thr Leu 515 520 525 GAG CTC AAT ATT TTC CAT GCG GGT AAA GAG GGA ACG CAA CAC GAG TTG 1632 Glu Leu Asn Ile Phe His Ala Gly Lys Glu Gly Thr Gln His Glu Leu 530 535 540 GTC GCG AAT CTG AGT GAC ATC ATT GTG CAT CTG AAT TAC ATC ATT CGA 1680 Val Ala Asn Leu Ser Asp Ile Ile Val His Leu Asn Tyr Ile Ile Arg 545 550 555 560 GAC GCG TAA 1689 Asp Ala 562 amino acids amino acid linear protein 30 Ala Gly Asp Thr Ala Asn Ile Gly Asp Gly Asp Phe Leu Pro Pro Tyr 1 5 10 15 Asn Asp Val Leu Leu Gly Tyr Trp Asp Lys Leu Glu Leu Arg Leu Tyr 20 25 30 Asn Leu Arg His Asn Leu Ser Leu Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu Asn Leu Pro 35 40 45 Leu Tyr Ala Thr Pro Val Asp Pro Lys Thr Leu Gln Arg Gln Gln Ala 50 55 60 Gly Gly Asp Gly Thr Gly Ser Ser Pro Ala Gly Gly Gln Gly Ser Val 65 70 75 80 Gln Gly Trp Arg Tyr Pro Leu Leu Val Glu Arg Ala Arg Ser Ala Val 85 90 95 Ser Leu Leu Thr Gln Phe Gly Asn Ser Leu Gln Thr Thr Leu Glu His 100 105 110 Gln Asp Asn Glu Lys Met Thr Ile Leu Leu Gln Thr Gln Gln Glu Ala 115 120 125 Ile Leu Lys His Gln His Asp Ile Gln Gln Asn Asn Leu Lys Gly Leu 130 135 140 Gln His Ser Leu Thr Ala Leu Gln Ala Ser Arg Asp Gly Asp Thr Leu 145 150 155 160 Arg Gln Lys His Tyr Ser Asp Leu Ile Asn Gly Gly Leu Ser Ala Ala 165 170 175 Glu Ile Ala Gly Leu Thr Leu Arg Ser Thr Ala Met Ile Thr Asn Gly 180 185 190 Val Ala Thr Gly Leu Leu Ile Ala Gly Gly Ile Ala Asn Ala Val Pro 195 200 205 Asn Val Phe Gly Leu Ala Asn Gly Gly Ser Glu Trp Gly Ala Pro Leu 210 215 220 Ile Gly Ser Gly Gln Ala Thr Gln Val Gly Ala Gly Ile Gln Asp Gln 225 230 235 240 Ser Ala Gly Ile Ser Glu Val Thr Ala Gly Tyr Gln Arg Arg Gln Glu 245 250 255 Glu Trp Ala Leu Gln Arg Asp Ile Ala Asp Asn Glu Ile Thr Gln Leu 260 265 270 Asp Ala Gln Ile Gln Ser Leu Gln Glu Gln Ile Thr Met Ala Gln Lys 275 280 285 Gln Ile Thr Leu Ser Glu Thr Glu Gln Ala Asn Ala Gln Ala Ile Tyr 290 295 300 Asp Leu Gln Thr Thr Arg Phe Thr Gly Gln Ala Leu Tyr Asn Trp Met 305 310 315 320 Ala Gly Arg Leu Ser Ala Leu Tyr Tyr Gln Met Tyr Asp Ser Thr Leu 325 330 335 Pro Ile Cys Leu Gln Pro Lys Ala Ala Leu Val Gln Glu Leu Gly Glu 340 345 350 Lys Glu Ser Asp Ser Leu Phe Gln Val Pro Val Trp Asn Asp Leu Trp 355 360 365 Gln Gly Leu Leu Ala Gly Glu Gly Leu Ser Ser Glu Leu Gln Lys Leu 370 375 380 Asp Ala Ile Trp Leu Ala Arg Gly Gly Ile Gly Leu Glu Ala Ile Arg 385 390 395 400 Thr Val Ser Leu Asp Thr Leu Phe Gly Thr Gly Thr Leu Ser Glu Asn 405 410 415 Ile Asn Lys Val Leu Asn Gly Glu Thr Val Ser Pro Ser Gly Gly Val 420 425 430 Thr Leu Ala Leu Thr Gly Asp Ile Phe Gln Ala Thr Leu Asp Leu Ser 435 440 445 Gln Leu Gly Leu Asp Asn Ser Tyr Asn Leu Gly Asn Glu Lys Lys Arg 450 455 460 Arg Ile Lys Arg Ile Ala Val Thr Leu Pro Thr Leu Leu Gly Pro Tyr 465 470 475 480 Gln Asp Leu Glu Ala Thr Leu Val Met Gly Ala Glu Ile Ala Ala Leu 485 490 495 Ser His Gly Val Asn Asp Gly Gly Arg Phe Val Thr Asp Phe Asn Asp 500 505 510 Ser Arg Phe Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Arg Asp Ala Thr Thr Gly Thr Leu 515 520 525 Glu Leu Asn Ile Phe His Ala Gly Lys Glu Gly Thr Gln His Glu Leu 530 535 540 Val Ala Asn Leu Ser Asp Ile Ile Val His Leu Asn Tyr Ile Ile Arg 545 550 555 560 Asp Ala 4458 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) CDS 1..4458 31 ATG CAG GAT TCA CCA GAA GTA TCG ATT ACA ACG CTG TCA CTT CCC AAA 48 Met Gln Asp Ser Pro Glu Val Ser Ile Thr Thr Leu Ser Leu Pro Lys 1 5 10 15 GGT GGC GGT GCT ATC AAT GGC ATG GGA GAA GCA CTG AAT GCT GCC GGC 96 Gly Gly Gly Ala Ile Asn Gly Met Gly Glu Ala Leu Asn Ala Ala Gly 20 25 30 CCT GAT GGA ATG GCC TCC CTA TCT CTG CCA TTA CCC CTT TCG ACC GGC 144 Pro Asp Gly Met Ala Ser Leu Ser Leu Pro Leu Pro Leu Ser Thr Gly 35 40 45 AGA GGG ACG GCT CCT GGA TTA TCG CTG ATT TAC AGC AAC AGT GCA GGT 192 Arg Gly Thr Ala Pro Gly Leu Ser Leu Ile Tyr Ser Asn Ser Ala Gly 50 55 60 AAT GGG CCT TTC GGC ATC GGC TGG CAA TGC GGT GTT ATG TCC ATT AGC 240 Asn Gly Pro Phe Gly Ile Gly Trp Gln Cys Gly Val Met Ser Ile Ser 65 70 75 80 CGA CGC ACC CAA CAT GGC ATT CCA CAA TAC GGT AAT GAC GAC ACG TTC 288 Arg Arg Thr Gln His Gly Ile Pro Gln Tyr Gly Asn Asp Asp Thr Phe 85 90 95 CTA TCC CCA CAA GGC GAG GTC ATG AAT ATC GCC CTG AAT GAC CAA GGG 336 Leu Ser Pro Gln Gly Glu Val Met Asn Ile Ala Leu Asn Asp Gln Gly 100 105 110 CAA CCT GAT ATC CGT CAA GAC GTT AAA ACG CTG CAA GGC GTT ACC TTG 384 Gln Pro Asp Ile Arg Gln Asp Val Lys Thr Leu Gln Gly Val Thr Leu 115 120 125 CCA ATT TCC TAT ACC GTG ACC CGC TAT CAA GCC CGC CAG ATC CTG GAT 432 Pro Ile Ser Tyr Thr Val Thr Arg Tyr Gln Ala Arg Gln Ile Leu Asp 130 135 140 TTC AGT AAA ATC GAA TAC TGG CAA CCT GCC TCC GGT CAA GAA GGA CGC 480 Phe Ser Lys Ile Glu Tyr Trp Gln Pro Ala Ser Gly Gln Glu Gly Arg 145 150 155 160 GCT TTC TGG CTG ATA TCG ACA CCG GAC GGG CAT CTA CAC ATC TTA GGG 528 Ala Phe Trp Leu Ile Ser Thr Pro Asp Gly His Leu His Ile Leu Gly 165 170 175 AAA ACC GCG CAG GCT TGT CTG GCA AAT CCG CAA AAT GAC CAA CAA ATC 576 Lys Thr Ala Gln Ala Cys Leu Ala Asn Pro Gln Asn Asp Gln Gln Ile 180 185 190 GCC CAG TGG TTG CTG GAA GAA ACT GTG ACG CCA GCC GGT GAA CAT GTC 624 Ala Gln Trp Leu Leu Glu Glu Thr Val Thr Pro Ala Gly Glu His Val 195 200 205 AGC TAT CAA TAT CGA GCC GAA GAT GAA GCC CAT TGT GAC GAC AAT GAA 672 Ser Tyr Gln Tyr Arg Ala Glu Asp Glu Ala His Cys Asp Asp Asn Glu 210 215 220 AAA ACC GCT CAT CCC AAT GTT ACC GCA CAG CGC TAT CTG GTA CAG GTG 720 Lys Thr Ala His Pro Asn Val Thr Ala Gln Arg Tyr Leu Val Gln Val 225 230 235 240 AAC TAC GGC AAC ATC AAA CCA CAA GCC AGC CTG TTC GTA CTG GAT AAC 768 Asn Tyr Gly Asn Ile Lys Pro Gln Ala Ser Leu Phe Val Leu Asp Asn 245 250 255 GCA CCT CCC GCA CCG GAA GAG TGG CTG TTT CAT CTG GTC TTT GAC CAC 816 Ala Pro Pro Ala Pro Glu Glu Trp Leu Phe His Leu Val Phe Asp His 260 265 270 GGT GAG CGC GAT ACC TCA CTT CAT ACC GTG CCA ACA TGG GAT GCA GGT 864 Gly Glu Arg Asp Thr Ser Leu His Thr Val Pro Thr Trp Asp Ala Gly 275 280 285 ACA GCG CAA TGG TCT GTA CGC CCG GAT ATC TTC TCT CGC TAT GAA TAT 912 Thr Ala Gln Trp Ser Val Arg Pro Asp Ile Phe Ser Arg Tyr Glu Tyr 290 295 300 GGT TTT GAA GTG CGT ACT CGC CGC TTA TGT CAA CAA GTG CTG ATG TTT 960 Gly Phe Glu Val Arg Thr Arg Arg Leu Cys Gln Gln Val Leu Met Phe 305 310 315 320 CAC CGC ACC GCG CTC ATG GCC GGA GAA GCC AGT ACC AAT GAC GCC CCG 1008 His Arg Thr Ala Leu Met Ala Gly Glu Ala Ser Thr Asn Asp Ala Pro 325 330 335 GAA CTG GTT GGA CGC TTA ATA CTG GAA TAT GAC AAA AAC GCC AGC GTC 1056 Glu Leu Val Gly Arg Leu Ile Leu Glu Tyr Asp Lys Asn Ala Ser Val 340 345 350 ACC ACG TTG ATT ACC ATC CGT CAA TTA AGC CAT GAA TCG GAC GGG AGG 1104 Thr Thr Leu Ile Thr Ile Arg Gln Leu Ser His Glu Ser Asp Gly Arg 355 360 365 CCA GTC ACC CAG CCA CCA CTA GAA CTA GCC TGG CAA CGG TTT GAT CTG 1152 Pro Val Thr Gln Pro Pro Leu Glu Leu Ala Trp Gln Arg Phe Asp Leu 370 375 380 GAG AAA ATC CCG ACA TGG CAA CGC TTT GAC GCA CTA GAT AAT TTT AAC 1200 Glu Lys Ile Pro Thr Trp Gln Arg Phe Asp Ala Leu Asp Asn Phe Asn 385 390 395 400 TCG CAG CAA CGT TAT CAA CTG GTT GAT CTG CGG GGA GAA GGG TTG CCA 1248 Ser Gln Gln Arg Tyr Gln Leu Val Asp Leu Arg Gly Glu Gly Leu Pro 405 410 415 GGT ATG CTG TAT CAA GAT CGA GGC GCT TGG TGG TAT AAA GCT CCG CAA 1296 Gly Met Leu Tyr Gln Asp Arg Gly Ala Trp Trp Tyr Lys Ala Pro Gln 420 425 430 CGT CAG GAA GAC GGA GAC AGC AAT GCC GTC ACT TAC GAC AAA ATC GCC 1344 Arg Gln Glu Asp Gly Asp Ser Asn Ala Val Thr Tyr Asp Lys Ile Ala 435 440 445 CCA CTG CCT ACC CTA CCC AAT TTG CAG GAT AAT GCC TCA TTG ATG GAT 1392 Pro Leu Pro Thr Leu Pro Asn Leu Gln Asp Asn Ala Ser Leu Met Asp 450 455 460 ATC AAC GGA GAC GGC CAA CTG GAT TGG GTT GTT ACC GCC TCC GGT ATT 1440 Ile Asn Gly Asp Gly Gln Leu Asp Trp Val Val Thr Ala Ser Gly Ile 465 470 475 480 CGC GGA TAC CAT AGT CAG CAA CCC GAT GGA AAG TGG ACG CAC TTT ACG 1488 Arg Gly Tyr His Ser Gln Gln Pro Asp Gly Lys Trp Thr His Phe Thr 485 490 495 CCA ATC AAT GCC TTG CCC GTG GAA TAT TTT CAT CCA AGC ATC CAG TTC 1536 Pro Ile Asn Ala Leu Pro Val Glu Tyr Phe His Pro Ser Ile Gln Phe 500 505 510 GCT GAC CTT ACC GGG GCA GGC TTA TCT GAT TTA GTG TTG ATC GGG CCG 1584 Ala Asp Leu Thr Gly Ala Gly Leu Ser Asp Leu Val Leu Ile Gly Pro 515 520 525 AAA AGC GTG CGT CTA TAT GCC AAC CAG CGA AAC GGC TGG CGT AAA GGA 1632 Lys Ser Val Arg Leu Tyr Ala Asn Gln Arg Asn Gly Trp Arg Lys Gly 530 535 540 GAA GAT GTC CCC CAA TCC ACA GGT ATC ACC CTG CCT GTC ACA GGG ACC 1680 Glu Asp Val Pro Gln Ser Thr Gly Ile Thr Leu Pro Val Thr Gly Thr 545 550 555 560 GAT GCC CGC AAA CTG GTG GCT TTC AGT GAT ATG CTC GGT TCC GGT CAA 1728 Asp Ala Arg Lys Leu Val Ala Phe Ser Asp Met Leu Gly Ser Gly Gln 565 570 575 CAA CAT CTG GTG GAA ATC AAG GGT AAT CGC GTC ACC TGT TGG CCG AAT 1776 Gln His Leu Val Glu Ile Lys Gly Asn Arg Val Thr Cys Trp Pro Asn 580 585 590 CTA GGG CAT GGC CGT TTC GGT CAA CCA CTA ACT CTG TCA GGA TTT AGC 1824 Leu Gly His Gly Arg Phe Gly Gln Pro Leu Thr Leu Ser Gly Phe Ser 595 600 605 CAG CCC GAA AAT AGC TTC AAT CCC GAA CGG CTG TTT CTG GCG GAT ATC 1872 Gln Pro Glu Asn Ser Phe Asn Pro Glu Arg Leu Phe Leu Ala Asp Ile 610 615 620 GAC GGC TCC GGC ACC ACC GAC CTT ATC TAT GCG CAA TCC GGC TCT TTG 1920 Asp Gly Ser Gly Thr Thr Asp Leu Ile Tyr Ala Gln Ser Gly Ser Leu 625 630 635 640 CTC ATT TAT CTC AAC CAA AGT GGT AAT CAG TTT GAT GCC CCG TTG ACA 1968 Leu Ile Tyr Leu Asn Gln Ser Gly Asn Gln Phe Asp Ala Pro Leu Thr 645 650 655 TTA GCG TTG CCA GAA GGC GTA CAA TTT GAC AAC ACT TGC CAA CTT CAA 2016 Leu Ala Leu Pro Glu Gly Val Gln Phe Asp Asn Thr Cys Gln Leu Gln 660 665 670 GTC GCC GAT ATT CAG GGA TTA GGG ATA GCC AGC TTG ATT CTG ACT GTG 2064 Val Ala Asp Ile Gln Gly Leu Gly Ile Ala Ser Leu Ile Leu Thr Val 675 680 685 CCA CAT ATC GCG CCA CAT CAC TGG CGT TGT GAC CTG TCA CTG ACC AAA 2112 Pro His Ile Ala Pro His His Trp Arg Cys Asp Leu Ser Leu Thr Lys 690 695 700 CCC TGG TTG TTG AAT GTA ATG AAC AAT AAC CGG GGC GCA CAT CAC ACG 2160 Pro Trp Leu Leu Asn Val Met Asn Asn Asn Arg Gly Ala His His Thr 705 710 715 720 CTA CAT TAT CGT AGT TCC GCG CAA TTC TGG TTG GAT GAA AAA TTA CAG 2208 Leu His Tyr Arg Ser Ser Ala Gln Phe Trp Leu Asp Glu Lys Leu Gln 725 730 735 CTC ACC AAA GCA GGC AAA TCT CCG GCT TGT TAT CTG CCG TTT CCA ATG 2256 Leu Thr Lys Ala Gly Lys Ser Pro Ala Cys Tyr Leu Pro Phe Pro Met 740 745 750 CAT TTG CTA TGG TAT ACC GAA ATT CAG GAT GAA ATC AGC GGC AAC CGG 2304 His Leu Leu Trp Tyr Thr Glu Ile Gln Asp Glu Ile Ser Gly Asn Arg 755 760 765 CTC ACC AGT GAA GTC AAC TAC AGC CAC GGC GTC TGG GAT GGT AAA GAG 2352 Leu Thr Ser Glu Val Asn Tyr Ser His Gly Val Trp Asp Gly Lys Glu 770 775 780 CGG GAA TTC AGA GGA TTT GGC TGC ATC AAA CAG ACA GAT ACC ACA ACG 2400 Arg Glu Phe Arg Gly Phe Gly Cys Ile Lys Gln Thr Asp Thr Thr Thr 785 790 795 800 TTT TCT CAC GGC ACC GCC CCC GAA CAG GCG GCA CCG TCG CTG AGT ATT 2448 Phe Ser His Gly Thr Ala Pro Glu Gln Ala Ala Pro Ser Leu Ser Ile 805 810 815 AGC TGG TTT GCC ACC GGC ATG GAT GAA GTA GAC AGC CAA TTA GCT ACG 2496 Ser Trp Phe Ala Thr Gly Met Asp Glu Val Asp Ser Gln Leu Ala Thr 820 825 830 GAA TAT TGG CAG GCA GAC ACG CAA GCT TAT AGC GGA TTT GAA ACC CGT 2544 Glu Tyr Trp Gln Ala Asp Thr Gln Ala Tyr Ser Gly Phe Glu Thr Arg 835 840 845 TAT ACC GTC TGG GAT CAC ACC AAC CAG ACA GAC CAA GCA TTT ACC CCC 2592 Tyr Thr Val Trp Asp His Thr Asn Gln Thr Asp Gln Ala Phe Thr Pro 850 855 860 AAT GAG ACA CAA CGT AAC TGG CTG ACG CGA GCG CTT AAA GGC CAA CTG 2640 Asn Glu Thr Gln Arg Asn Trp Leu Thr Arg Ala Leu Lys Gly Gln Leu 865 870 875 880 CTA CGC ACT GAG CTC TAC GGT CTG GAC GGA ACA GAT AAG CAA ACA GTG 2688 Leu Arg Thr Glu Leu Tyr Gly Leu Asp Gly Thr Asp Lys Gln Thr Val 885 890 895 CCT TAT ACC GTC AGT GAA TCG CGC TAT CAG GTA CGC TCT ATT CCC GTA 2736 Pro Tyr Thr Val Ser Glu Ser Arg Tyr Gln Val Arg Ser Ile Pro Val 900 905 910 AAT AAA GAA ACT GAA TTA TCT GCC TGG GTG ACT GCT ATT GAA AAT CGC 2784 Asn Lys Glu Thr Glu Leu Ser Ala Trp Val Thr Ala Ile Glu Asn Arg 915 920 925 AGC TAC CAC TAT GAA CGT ATC ATC ACT GAC CCA CAG TTC AGC CAG AGT 2832 Ser Tyr His Tyr Glu Arg Ile Ile Thr Asp Pro Gln Phe Ser Gln Ser 930 935 940 ATC AAG TTG CAA CAC GAT ATC TTT GGT CAA TCA CTG CAA AGT GTC GAT 2880 Ile Lys Leu Gln His Asp Ile Phe Gly Gln Ser Leu Gln Ser Val Asp 945 950 955 960 ATT GCC TGG CCG CGC CGC GAA AAA CCA GCA GTG AAT CCC TAC CCG CCT 2928 Ile Ala Trp Pro Arg Arg Glu Lys Pro Ala Val Asn Pro Tyr Pro Pro 965 970 975 ACC CTG CCG GAA ACG CTA TTT GAC AGC AGC TAT GAT GAT CAA CAA CAA 2976 Thr Leu Pro Glu Thr Leu Phe Asp Ser Ser Tyr Asp Asp Gln Gln Gln 980 985 990 CTA TTA CGT CTG GTG AGA CAA AAA AAT AGC TGG CAT CAC CTG ACT GAT 3024 Leu Leu Arg Leu Val Arg Gln Lys Asn Ser Trp His His Leu Thr Asp 995 1000 1005 GGG GAA AAC TGG CGA TTA GGT TTA CCG AAT GCA CAA CGC CGT GAT GTT 3072 Gly Glu Asn Trp Arg Leu Gly Leu Pro Asn Ala Gln Arg Arg Asp Val 1010 1015 1020 TAT ACT TAT GAC CGG AGC AAA ATT CCA ACC GAA GGG ATT TCC CTT GAA 3120 Tyr Thr Tyr Asp Arg Ser Lys Ile Pro Thr Glu Gly Ile Ser Leu Glu 1025 1030 1035 1040 ATC TTG CTG AAA GAT GAT GGC CTG CTA GCA GAT GAA AAA GCG GCC GTT 3168 Ile Leu Leu Lys Asp Asp Gly Leu Leu Ala Asp Glu Lys Ala Ala Val 1045 1050 1055 TAT CTG GGA CAA CAA CAG ACG TTT TAC ACC GCC GGT CAA GCG GAA GTC 3216 Tyr Leu Gly Gln Gln Gln Thr Phe Tyr Thr Ala Gly Gln Ala Glu Val 1060 1065 1070 ACT CTA GAA AAA CCC ACG TTA CAA GCA CTG GTC GCG TTC CAA GAA ACC 3264 Thr Leu Glu Lys Pro Thr Leu Gln Ala Leu Val Ala Phe Gln Glu Thr 1075 1080 1085 GCC ATG ATG GAC GAT ACC TCA TTA CAG GCG TAT GAA GGC GTG ATT GAA 3312 Ala Met Met Asp Asp Thr Ser Leu Gln Ala Tyr Glu Gly Val Ile Glu 1090 1095 1100 GAG CAA GAG TTG AAT ACC GCG CTG ACA CAG GCC GGT TAT CAG CAA GTC 3360 Glu Gln Glu Leu Asn Thr Ala Leu Thr Gln Ala Gly Tyr Gln Gln Val 1105 1110 1115 1120 GCG CGG TTG TTT AAT ACC AGA TCA GAA AGC CCG GTA TGG GCG GCA CGG 3408 Ala Arg Leu Phe Asn Thr Arg Ser Glu Ser Pro Val Trp Ala Ala Arg 1125 1130 1135 CAA GGT TAT ACC GAT TAC GGT GAC GCC GCA CAG TTC TGG CGG CCT CAG 3456 Gln Gly Tyr Thr Asp Tyr Gly Asp Ala Ala Gln Phe Trp Arg Pro Gln 1140 1145 1150 GCT CAG CGT AAC TCG TTG CTG ACA GGG AAA ACC ACA CTG ACC TGG GAT 3504 Ala Gln Arg Asn Ser Leu Leu Thr Gly Lys Thr Thr Leu Thr Trp Asp 1155 1160 1165 ACC CAT CAT TGT GTA ATA ATA CAG ACT CAA GAT GCC GCT GGA TTA ACG 3552 Thr His His Cys Val Ile Ile Gln Thr Gln Asp Ala Ala Gly Leu Thr 1170 1175 1180 ACG CAA GCC CAT TAC GAT TAT CGT TTC CTT ACA CCG GTA CAA CTG ACA 3600 Thr Gln Ala His Tyr Asp Tyr Arg Phe Leu Thr Pro Val Gln Leu Thr 1185 1190 1195 1200 GAT ATT AAT GAT AAT CAA CAT ATT GTG ACT CTG GAC GCG CTA GGT CGC 3648 Asp Ile Asn Asp Asn Gln His Ile Val Thr Leu Asp Ala Leu Gly Arg 1205 1210 1215 GTA ACC ACC AGC CGG TTC TGG GGC ACA GAG GCA GGA CAA GCC GCA GGC 3696 Val Thr Thr Ser Arg Phe Trp Gly Thr Glu Ala Gly Gln Ala Ala Gly 1220 1225 1230 TAT TCC AAC CAG CCC TTC ACA CCA CCG GAC TCC GTA GAT AAA GCG CTG 3744 Tyr Ser Asn Gln Pro Phe Thr Pro Pro Asp Ser Val Asp Lys Ala Leu 1235 1240 1245 GCA TTA ACC GGC GCA CTC CCT GTT GCC CAA TGT TTA GTC TAT GCC GTT 3792 Ala Leu Thr Gly Ala Leu Pro Val Ala Gln Cys Leu Val Tyr Ala Val 1250 1255 1260 GAT AGC TGG ATG CCG TCG TTA TCT TTG TCT CAG CTT TCT CAG TCA CAA 3840 Asp Ser Trp Met Pro Ser Leu Ser Leu Ser Gln Leu Ser Gln Ser Gln 1265 1270 1275 1280 GAA GAG GCA GAA GCG CTA TGG GCG CAA CTG CGT GCC GCT CAT ATG ATT 3888 Glu Glu Ala Glu Ala Leu Trp Ala Gln Leu Arg Ala Ala His Met Ile 1285 1290 1295 ACC GAA GAT GGG AAA GTG TGT GCG TTA AGC GGG AAA CGA GGA ACA AGC 3936 Thr Glu Asp Gly Lys Val Cys Ala Leu Ser Gly Lys Arg Gly Thr Ser 1300 1305 1310 CAT CAG AAC CTG ACG ATT CAA CTT ATT TCG CTA TTG GCA AGT ATT CCC 3984 His Gln Asn Leu Thr Ile Gln Leu Ile Ser Leu Leu Ala Ser Ile Pro 1315 1320 1325 CGT TTA CCG CCA CAT GTA CTG GGG ATC ACC ACT GAT CGC TAT GAT AGC 4032 Arg Leu Pro Pro His Val Leu Gly Ile Thr Thr Asp Arg Tyr Asp Ser 1330 1335 1340 GAT CCG CAA CAG CAG CAC CAA CAG ACG GTG AGC TTT AGT GAC GGT TTT 4080 Asp Pro Gln Gln Gln His Gln Gln Thr Val Ser Phe Ser Asp Gly Phe 1345 1350 1355 1360 GGC CGG TTA CTC CAG AGT TCA GCT CGT CAT GAG TCA GGT GAT GCC TGG 4128 Gly Arg Leu Leu Gln Ser Ser Ala Arg His Glu Ser Gly Asp Ala Trp 1365 1370 1375 CAA CGT AAA GAG GAT GGC GGG CTG GTC GTG GAT GCA AAT GGC GTT CTG 4176 Gln Arg Lys Glu Asp Gly Gly Leu Val Val Asp Ala Asn Gly Val Leu 1380 1385 1390 GTC AGT GCC CCT ACA GAC ACC CGA TGG GCC GTT TCC GGT CGC ACA GAA 4224 Val Ser Ala Pro Thr Asp Thr Arg Trp Ala Val Ser Gly Arg Thr Glu 1395 1400 1405 TAT GAC GAC AAA GGC CAA CCT GTG CGT ACT TAT CAA CCC TAT TTT CTA 4272 Tyr Asp Asp Lys Gly Gln Pro Val Arg Thr Tyr Gln Pro Tyr Phe Leu 1410 1415 1420 AAT GAC TGG CGT TAC GTT AGT GAT GAC AGC GCA CGA GAT GAC CTG TTT 4320 Asn Asp Trp Arg Tyr Val Ser Asp Asp Ser Ala Arg Asp Asp Leu Phe 1425 1430 1435 1440 GCC GAT ACC CAC CTT TAT GAT CCA TTG GGA CGG GAA TAC AAA GTC ATC 4368 Ala Asp Thr His Leu Tyr Asp Pro Leu Gly Arg Glu Tyr Lys Val Ile 1445 1450 1455 ACT GCT AAG AAA TAT TTG CGA GAA AAG CTG TAC ACC CCG TGG TTT ATT 4416 Thr Ala Lys Lys Tyr Leu Arg Glu Lys Leu Tyr Thr Pro Trp Phe Ile 1460 1465 1470 GTC AGT GAG GAT GAA AAC GAT ACA GCA TCA AGA ACC CCA TAG 4458 Val Ser Glu Asp Glu Asn Asp Thr Ala Ser Arg Thr Pro 1475 1480 1485 1485 amino acids amino acid linear protein 32 Met Gln Asp Ser Pro Glu Val Ser Ile Thr Thr Leu Ser Leu Pro Lys 1 5 10 15 Gly Gly Gly Ala Ile Asn Gly Met Gly Glu Ala Leu Asn Ala Ala Gly 20 25 30 Pro Asp Gly Met Ala Ser Leu Ser Leu Pro Leu Pro Leu Ser Thr Gly 35 40 45 Arg Gly Thr Ala Pro Gly Leu Ser Leu Ile Tyr Ser Asn Ser Ala Gly 50 55 60 Asn Gly Pro Phe Gly Ile Gly Trp Gln Cys Gly Val Met Ser Ile Ser 65 70 75 80 Arg Arg Thr Gln His Gly Ile Pro Gln Tyr Gly Asn Asp Asp Thr Phe 85 90 95 Leu Ser Pro Gln Gly Glu Val Met Asn Ile Ala Leu Asn Asp Gln Gly 100 105 110 Gln Pro Asp Ile Arg Gln Asp Val Lys Thr Leu Gln Gly Val Thr Leu 115 120 125 Pro Ile Ser Tyr Thr Val Thr Arg Tyr Gln Ala Arg Gln Ile Leu Asp 130 135 140 Phe Ser Lys Ile Glu Tyr Trp Gln Pro Ala Ser Gly Gln Glu Gly Arg 145 150 155 160 Ala Phe Trp Leu Ile Ser Thr Pro Asp Gly His Leu His Ile Leu Gly 165 170 175 Lys Thr Ala Gln Ala Cys Leu Ala Asn Pro Gln Asn Asp Gln Gln Ile 180 185 190 Ala Gln Trp Leu Leu Glu Glu Thr Val Thr Pro Ala Gly Glu His Val 195 200 205 Ser Tyr Gln Tyr Arg Ala Glu Asp Glu Ala His Cys Asp Asp Asn Glu 210 215 220 Lys Thr Ala His Pro Asn Val Thr Ala Gln Arg Tyr Leu Val Gln Val 225 230 235 240 Asn Tyr Gly Asn Ile Lys Pro Gln Ala Ser Leu Phe Val Leu Asp Asn 245 250 255 Ala Pro Pro Ala Pro Glu Glu Trp Leu Phe His Leu Val Phe Asp His 260 265 270 Gly Glu Arg Asp Thr Ser Leu His Thr Val Pro Thr Trp Asp Ala Gly 275 280 285 Thr Ala Gln Trp Ser Val Arg Pro Asp Ile Phe Ser Arg Tyr Glu Tyr 290 295 300 Gly Phe Glu Val Arg Thr Arg Arg Leu Cys Gln Gln Val Leu Met Phe 305 310 315 320 His Arg Thr Ala Leu Met Ala Gly Glu Ala Ser Thr Asn Asp Ala Pro 325 330 335 Glu Leu Val Gly Arg Leu Ile Leu Glu Tyr Asp Lys Asn Ala Ser Val 340 345 350 Thr Thr Leu Ile Thr Ile Arg Gln Leu Ser His Glu Ser Asp Gly Arg 355 360 365 Pro Val Thr Gln Pro Pro Leu Glu Leu Ala Trp Gln Arg Phe Asp Leu 370 375 380 Glu Lys Ile Pro Thr Trp Gln Arg Phe Asp Ala Leu Asp Asn Phe Asn 385 390 395 400 Ser Gln Gln Arg Tyr Gln Leu Val Asp Leu Arg Gly Glu Gly Leu Pro 405 410 415 Gly Met Leu Tyr Gln Asp Arg Gly Ala Trp Trp Tyr Lys Ala Pro Gln 420 425 430 Arg Gln Glu Asp Gly Asp Ser Asn Ala Val Thr Tyr Asp Lys Ile Ala 435 440 445 Pro Leu Pro Thr Leu Pro Asn Leu Gln Asp Asn Ala Ser Leu Met Asp 450 455 460 Ile Asn Gly Asp Gly Gln Leu Asp Trp Val Val Thr Ala Ser Gly Ile 465 470 475 480 Arg Gly Tyr His Ser Gln Gln Pro Asp Gly Lys Trp Thr His Phe Thr 485 490 495 Pro Ile Asn Ala Leu Pro Val Glu Tyr Phe His Pro Ser Ile Gln Phe 500 505 510 Ala Asp Leu Thr Gly Ala Gly Leu Ser Asp Leu Val Leu Ile Gly Pro 515 520 525 Lys Ser Val Arg Leu Tyr Ala Asn Gln Arg Asn Gly Trp Arg Lys Gly 530 535 540 Glu Asp Val Pro Gln Ser Thr Gly Ile Thr Leu Pro Val Thr Gly Thr 545 550 555 560 Asp Ala Arg Lys Leu Val Ala Phe Ser Asp Met Leu Gly Ser Gly Gln 565 570 575 Gln His Leu Val Glu Ile Lys Gly Asn Arg Val Thr Cys Trp Pro Asn 580 585 590 Leu Gly His Gly Arg Phe Gly Gln Pro Leu Thr Leu Ser Gly Phe Ser 595 600 605 Gln Pro Glu Asn Ser Phe Asn Pro Glu Arg Leu Phe Leu Ala Asp Ile 610 615 620 Asp Gly Ser Gly Thr Thr Asp Leu Ile Tyr Ala Gln Ser Gly Ser Leu 625 630 635 640 Leu Ile Tyr Leu Asn Gln Ser Gly Asn Gln Phe Asp Ala Pro Leu Thr 645 650 655 Leu Ala Leu Pro Glu Gly Val Gln Phe Asp Asn Thr Cys Gln Leu Gln 660 665 670 Val Ala Asp Ile Gln Gly Leu Gly Ile Ala Ser Leu Ile Leu Thr Val 675 680 685 Pro His Ile Ala Pro His His Trp Arg Cys Asp Leu Ser Leu Thr Lys 690 695 700 Pro Trp Leu Leu Asn Val Met Asn Asn Asn Arg Gly Ala His His Thr 705 710 715 720 Leu His Tyr Arg Ser Ser Ala Gln Phe Trp Leu Asp Glu Lys Leu Gln 725 730 735 Leu Thr Lys Ala Gly Lys Ser Pro Ala Cys Tyr Leu Pro Phe Pro Met 740 745 750 His Leu Leu Trp Tyr Thr Glu Ile Gln Asp Glu Ile Ser Gly Asn Arg 755 760 765 Leu Thr Ser Glu Val Asn Tyr Ser His Gly Val Trp Asp Gly Lys Glu 770 775 780 Arg Glu Phe Arg Gly Phe Gly Cys Ile Lys Gln Thr Asp Thr Thr Thr 785 790 795 800 Phe Ser His Gly Thr Ala Pro Glu Gln Ala Ala Pro Ser Leu Ser Ile 805 810 815 Ser Trp Phe Ala Thr Gly Met Asp Glu Val Asp Ser Gln Leu Ala Thr 820 825 830 Glu Tyr Trp Gln Ala Asp Thr Gln Ala Tyr Ser Gly Phe Glu Thr Arg 835 840 845 Tyr Thr Val Trp Asp His Thr Asn Gln Thr Asp Gln Ala Phe Thr Pro 850 855 860 Asn Glu Thr Gln Arg Asn Trp Leu Thr Arg Ala Leu Lys Gly Gln Leu 865 870 875 880 Leu Arg Thr Glu Leu Tyr Gly Leu Asp Gly Thr Asp Lys Gln Thr Val 885 890 895 Pro Tyr Thr Val Ser Glu Ser Arg Tyr Gln Val Arg Ser Ile Pro Val 900 905 910 Asn Lys Glu Thr Glu Leu Ser Ala Trp Val Thr Ala Ile Glu Asn Arg 915 920 925 Ser Tyr His Tyr Glu Arg Ile Ile Thr Asp Pro Gln Phe Ser Gln Ser 930 935 940 Ile Lys Leu Gln His Asp Ile Phe Gly Gln Ser Leu Gln Ser Val Asp 945 950 955 960 Ile Ala Trp Pro Arg Arg Glu Lys Pro Ala Val Asn Pro Tyr Pro Pro 965 970 975 Thr Leu Pro Glu Thr Leu Phe Asp Ser Ser Tyr Asp Asp Gln Gln Gln 980 985 990 Leu Leu Arg Leu Val Arg Gln Lys Asn Ser Trp His His Leu Thr Asp 995 1000 1005 Gly Glu Asn Trp Arg Leu Gly Leu Pro Asn Ala Gln Arg Arg Asp Val 1010 1015 1020 Tyr Thr Tyr Asp Arg Ser Lys Ile Pro Thr Glu Gly Ile Ser Leu Glu 1025 1030 1035 1040 Ile Leu Leu Lys Asp Asp Gly Leu Leu Ala Asp Glu Lys Ala Ala Val 1045 1050 1055 Tyr Leu Gly Gln Gln Gln Thr Phe Tyr Thr Ala Gly Gln Ala Glu Val 1060 1065 1070 Thr Leu Glu Lys Pro Thr Leu Gln Ala Leu Val Ala Phe Gln Glu Thr 1075 1080 1085 Ala Met Met Asp Asp Thr Ser Leu Gln Ala Tyr Glu Gly Val Ile Glu 1090 1095 1100 Glu Gln Glu Leu Asn Thr Ala Leu Thr Gln Ala Gly Tyr Gln Gln Val 1105 1110 1115 1120 Ala Arg Leu Phe Asn Thr Arg Ser Glu Ser Pro Val Trp Ala Ala Arg 1125 1130 1135 Gln Gly Tyr Thr Asp Tyr Gly Asp Ala Ala Gln Phe Trp Arg Pro Gln 1140 1145 1150 Ala Gln Arg Asn Ser Leu Leu Thr Gly Lys Thr Thr Leu Thr Trp Asp 1155 1160 1165 Thr His His Cys Val Ile Ile Gln Thr Gln Asp Ala Ala Gly Leu Thr 1170 1175 1180 Thr Gln Ala His Tyr Asp Tyr Arg Phe Leu Thr Pro Val Gln Leu Thr 1185 1190 1195 1200 Asp Ile Asn Asp Asn Gln His Ile Val Thr Leu Asp Ala Leu Gly Arg 1205 1210 1215 Val Thr Thr Ser Arg Phe Trp Gly Thr Glu Ala Gly Gln Ala Ala Gly 1220 1225 1230 Tyr Ser Asn Gln Pro Phe Thr Pro Pro Asp Ser Val Asp Lys Ala Leu 1235 1240 1245 Ala Leu Thr Gly Ala Leu Pro Val Ala Gln Cys Leu Val Tyr Ala Val 1250 1255 1260 Asp Ser Trp Met Pro Ser Leu Ser Leu Ser Gln Leu Ser Gln Ser Gln 1265 1270 1275 1280 Glu Glu Ala Glu Ala Leu Trp Ala Gln Leu Arg Ala Ala His Met Ile 1285 1290 1295 Thr Glu Asp Gly Lys Val Cys Ala Leu Ser Gly Lys Arg Gly Thr Ser 1300 1305 1310 His Gln Asn Leu Thr Ile Gln Leu Ile Ser Leu Leu Ala Ser Ile Pro 1315 1320 1325 Arg Leu Pro Pro His Val Leu Gly Ile Thr Thr Asp Arg Tyr Asp Ser 1330 1335 1340 Asp Pro Gln Gln Gln His Gln Gln Thr Val Ser Phe Ser Asp Gly Phe 1345 1350 1355 1360 Gly Arg Leu Leu Gln Ser Ser Ala Arg His Glu Ser Gly Asp Ala Trp 1365 1370 1375 Gln Arg Lys Glu Asp Gly Gly Leu Val Val Asp Ala Asn Gly Val Leu 1380 1385 1390 Val Ser Ala Pro Thr Asp Thr Arg Trp Ala Val Ser Gly Arg Thr Glu 1395 1400 1405 Tyr Asp Asp Lys Gly Gln Pro Val Arg Thr Tyr Gln Pro Tyr Phe Leu 1410 1415 1420 Asn Asp Trp Arg Tyr Val Ser Asp Asp Ser Ala Arg Asp Asp Leu Phe 1425 1430 1435 1440 Ala Asp Thr His Leu Tyr Asp Pro Leu Gly Arg Glu Tyr Lys Val Ile 1445 1450 1455 Thr Ala Lys Lys Tyr Leu Arg Glu Lys Leu Tyr Thr Pro Trp Phe Ile 1460 1465 1470 Val Ser Glu Asp Glu Asn Asp Thr Ala Ser Arg Thr Pro 1475 1480 1485 3288 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) 33 ATG GTG ACT GTT ATG CAA AAT AAA ATA TCA TTT TTA TCA GGT ACA TCC 48 Met Val Thr Val Met Gln Asn Lys Ile Ser Phe Leu Ser Gly Thr Ser 1 5 10 15 GAA CAG CCC CTG CTT GAC GCC GGT TAT CAA AAC GTA TTT GAT ATC GCA 96 Glu Gln Pro Leu Leu Asp Ala Gly Tyr Gln Asn Val Phe Asp Ile Ala 20 25 30 TCA ATC AGC CGG GCT ACT TTC GTT CAA TCC GTT CCC ACC CTG CCC GTT 144 Ser Ile Ser Arg Ala Thr Phe Val Gln Ser Val Pro Thr Leu Pro Val 35 40 45 AAA GAG GCT CAT ACC GTC TAT CGT CAG GCG CGG CAA CGT GCG GAA AAT 192 Lys Glu Ala His Thr Val Tyr Arg Gln Ala Arg Gln Arg Ala Glu Asn 50 55 60 CTG AAA TCC CTC TAC CGA GCC TGG CAA TTG CGT CAG GAG CCG GTT ATT 240 Leu Lys Ser Leu Tyr Arg Ala Trp Gln Leu Arg Gln Glu Pro Val Ile 65 70 75 80 AAA GGG CTG GCT AAA CTT AAC CTA CAA TCC AAC GTT TCT GTG CTT CAA 288 Lys Gly Leu Ala Lys Leu Asn Leu Gln Ser Asn Val Ser Val Leu Gln 85 90 95 GAT GCT TTG GTA GAG AAT ATT GGC GGT GAT GGG GAT TTC AGC GAT TTA 336 Asp Ala Leu Val Glu Asn Ile Gly Gly Asp Gly Asp Phe Ser Asp Leu 100 105 110 ATG AAC CGT GCC AGT CAA TAT GCT GAC GCT GCC TCT ATT CAA TCC CTA 384 Met Asn Arg Ala Ser Gln Tyr Ala Asp Ala Ala Ser Ile Gln Ser Leu 115 120 125 TTT TCA CCG GGC CGT TAT GCT TCC GCA CTC TAC AGA GTT GCT AAA GAT 432 Phe Ser Pro Gly Arg Tyr Ala Ser Ala Leu Tyr Arg Val Ala Lys Asp 130 135 140 CTG CAT AAA TCA GAT TCC AGT TTG CAT ATT GAT AAT CGC CGC GCT GAT 480 Leu His Lys Ser Asp Ser Ser Leu His Ile Asp Asn Arg Arg Ala Asp 145 150 155 160 CTG AAG GAT CTG ATA TTA AGC GAA ACG ACG ATG AAT AAA GAG GTC ACT 528 Leu Lys Asp Leu Ile Leu Ser Glu Thr Thr Met Asn Lys Glu Val Thr 165 170 175 TCC CTT GAT ATC TTG TTG GAT GTG CTA CAA AAA GGC GGT AAA GAT ATT 576 Ser Leu Asp Ile Leu Leu Asp Val Leu Gln Lys Gly Gly Lys Asp Ile 180 185 190 ACT GAG CTG TCC GGC GCA TTC TTC CCA ATG ACG TTA CCT TAT GAC GAT 624 Thr Glu Leu Ser Gly Ala Phe Phe Pro Met Thr Leu Pro Tyr Asp Asp 195 200 205 CAT CTG TCG CAA ATC GAT TCC GCT TTA TCG GCA CAA GCC AGA ACG CTG 672 His Leu Ser Gln Ile Asp Ser Ala Leu Ser Ala Gln Ala Arg Thr Leu 210 215 220 AAC GGT GTG TGG AAT ACT TTG ACA GAT ACC ACG GCA CAA GCG GTT TCA 720 Asn Gly Val Trp Asn Thr Leu Thr Asp Thr Thr Ala Gln Ala Val Ser 225 230 235 240 GAA CAA ACC AGT AAT ACG AAT ACA CGC AAA CTG TTC GCT GCC CAA GAT 768 Glu Gln Thr Ser Asn Thr Asn Thr Arg Lys Leu Phe Ala Ala Gln Asp 245 250 255 GGT AAT CAA GAT ACA TTT TTT TCC GGA AAC ACT TTT TAT TTC AAA GCG 816 Gly Asn Gln Asp Thr Phe Phe Ser Gly Asn Thr Phe Tyr Phe Lys Ala 260 265 270 GTG GGA TTC AGC GGG CAA CCT ATG GTT TAC CTG TCA CAG TAC ACC AGC 864 Val Gly Phe Ser Gly Gln Pro Met Val Tyr Leu Ser Gln Tyr Thr Ser 275 280 285 GGG AAC GGC ATT GTC GGC GCA CAA TTG ATT GCA GGT AAT CCA GAC CAA 912 Gly Asn Gly Ile Val Gly Ala Gln Leu Ile Ala Gly Asn Pro Asp Gln 290 295 300 GCC GCC GCC GCA ATA GTC GCA CCG TTG AAA CTC ACT TGG TCA ATG GCA 960 Ala Ala Ala Ala Ile Val Ala Pro Leu Lys Leu Thr Trp Ser Met Ala 305 310 315 320 AAA CAG TGT TAC TAC CTC GTC GCT CCC GAT GGT ACA ACG ATG GGA GAC 1008 Lys Gln Cys Tyr Tyr Leu Val Ala Pro Asp Gly Thr Thr Met Gly Asp 325 330 335 GGT AAT GTT CTG ACC GGC TGT TTC TTA AGA GGC AAC AGC CCA ACT AAC 1056 Gly Asn Val Leu Thr Gly Cys Phe Leu Arg Gly Asn Ser Pro Thr Asn 340 345 350 CCG GAT AAA GAC GGT ATT TTT GCT CAG GTA GCC AAC AAA TCA GGC AGT 1104 Pro Asp Lys Asp Gly Ile Phe Ala Gln Val Ala Asn Lys Ser Gly Ser 355 360 365 ACT CAG CCT TTG CCA AGC TTC CAT CTG CCG GTC ACA CTG GAA CAC AGC 1152 Thr Gln Pro Leu Pro Ser Phe His Leu Pro Val Thr Leu Glu His Ser 370 375 380 GAG AAT AAA GAT CAG TAC TAT CTG AAA ACA GAG CAG GGT TAT ATC ACG 1200 Glu Asn Lys Asp Gln Tyr Tyr Leu Lys Thr Glu Gln Gly Tyr Ile Thr 385 390 395 400 GTA GAT AGT TCC GGA CAG TCA AAT TGG AAA AAC GCG CTG GTT ATC AAT 1248 Val Asp Ser Ser Gly Gln Ser Asn Trp Lys Asn Ala Leu Val Ile Asn 405 410 415 GGG ACA AAA GAC AAG GGG CTG TTA TTA ACC TTT TGC AGC GAT AGC TCA 1296 Gly Thr Lys Asp Lys Gly Leu Leu Leu Thr Phe Cys Ser Asp Ser Ser 420 425 430 GGC ACT CCG ACA AAC CCT GAT GAT GTG ATT CCT CCC GCT ATC AAT GAT 1344 Gly Thr Pro Thr Asn Pro Asp Asp Val Ile Pro Pro Ala Ile Asn Asp 435 440 445 ATT CCA TCG CCG CCA GCC CGC GAA ACA CTG TCA CTG ACG CCG GTC AGT 1392 Ile Pro Ser Pro Pro Ala Arg Glu Thr Leu Ser Leu Thr Pro Val Ser 450 455 460 TAT CAA TTG ATG ACC AAT CCG GCA CCG ACA GAA GAT GAT ATT ACC AAC 1440 Tyr Gln Leu Met Thr Asn Pro Ala Pro Thr Glu Asp Asp Ile Thr Asn 465 470 475 480 CAT TAT GGT TTT AAC GGC GCT AGC TTA CGG GCT TCT CCA TTG TCA ACC 1488 His Tyr Gly Phe Asn Gly Ala Ser Leu Arg Ala Ser Pro Leu Ser Thr 485 490 495 AGC GAG TTG ACC AGC AAA CTG AAT TCT ATC GAT ACT TTC TGT GAG AAG 1536 Ser Glu Leu Thr Ser Lys Leu Asn Ser Ile Asp Thr Phe Cys Glu Lys 500 505 510 ACC CGG TTA AGC TTC AAT CAG TTA ATG GAT TTG ACC GCT CAG CAA TCT 1584 Thr Arg Leu Ser Phe Asn Gln Leu Met Asp Leu Thr Ala Gln Gln Ser 515 520 525 TAC AGT CAA AGC AGC ATT GAT GCG AAA GCA GCC AGC CGC TAT GTT CGT 1632 Tyr Ser Gln Ser Ser Ile Asp Ala Lys Ala Ala Ser Arg Tyr Val Arg 530 535 540 TTT GGG GAA ACC ACC CCA ACC CGC GTC AAT GTC TAC GGT GCC GCT TAT 1680 Phe Gly Glu Thr Thr Pro Thr Arg Val Asn Val Tyr Gly Ala Ala Tyr 545 550 555 560 CTG AAC AGC ACA CTG GCA GAC GCG GCT GAT GGT CAA TAT CTG TGG ATT 1728 Leu Asn Ser Thr Leu Ala Asp Ala Ala Asp Gly Gln Tyr Leu Trp Ile 565 570 575 CAG ACT GAT GGC AAG AGC CTA AAT TTC ACT GAC GAT ACG GTA GTC GCC 1776 Gln Thr Asp Gly Lys Ser Leu Asn Phe Thr Asp Asp Thr Val Val Ala 580 585 590 TTA GCC GGT CGC GCT GAA AAG CTG GTA CGT TTA TCA TCC CAG ACC GGG 1824 Leu Ala Gly Arg Ala Glu Lys Leu Val Arg Leu Ser Ser Gln Thr Gly 595 600 605 CTA TCA TTT GAA GAA TTG GAC TGG CTG ATT GCC AAT GCC AGT CGT AGT 1872 Leu Ser Phe Glu Glu Leu Asp Trp Leu Ile Ala Asn Ala Ser Arg Ser 610 615 620 GTG CCG GAC CAC CAC GAC AAA ATT GTG CTG GAT AAG CCG GTC CTT GAA 1920 Val Pro Asp His His Asp Lys Ile Val Leu Asp Lys Pro Val Leu Glu 625 630 635 640 GCA CTG GCA GAG TAT GTC AGC CTA AAA CAG CGC TAT GGG CTT GAT GCC 1968 Ala Leu Ala Glu Tyr Val Ser Leu Lys Gln Arg Tyr Gly Leu Asp Ala 645 650 655 AAT ACC TTT GCG ACC TTC ATT AGT GCA GTA AAT CCT TAT ACG CCA GAT 2016 Asn Thr Phe Ala Thr Phe Ile Ser Ala Val Asn Pro Tyr Thr Pro Asp 660 665 670 CAG ACA CCC AGT TTC TAT GAA ACC GCT TTC CGC TCT GCC GAC GGT AAT 2064 Gln Thr Pro Ser Phe Tyr Glu Thr Ala Phe Arg Ser Ala Asp Gly Asn 675 680 685 CAT GTC ATT GCG CTA GGT ACA GAG GTG AAA TAT GCA GAA AAT GAG CAG 2112 His Val Ile Ala Leu Gly Thr Glu Val Lys Tyr Ala Glu Asn Glu Gln 690 695 700 GAT GAG TTA GCC GCC ATA TGC TGC AAA GCA TTG GGT GTC ACC AGT GAT 2160 Asp Glu Leu Ala Ala Ile Cys Cys Lys Ala Leu Gly Val Thr Ser Asp 705 710 715 720 GAA CTG CTC CGT ATT GGT CGC TAT TGC TTC GGT AAT GCA GGC AGT TTT 2208 Glu Leu Leu Arg Ile Gly Arg Tyr Cys Phe Gly Asn Ala Gly Ser Phe 725 730 735 ACC TTG GAT GAA TAT ACC GCC AGT CAG TTG TAT CGC TTC GGC GCC ATT 2256 Thr Leu Asp Glu Tyr Thr Ala Ser Gln Leu Tyr Arg Phe Gly Ala Ile 740 745 750 CCC CGT TTG TTT GGG CTG ACA TTT GCC CAA GCC GAA ATT TTA TGG CGT 2304 Pro Arg Leu Phe Gly Leu Thr Phe Ala Gln Ala Glu Ile Leu Trp Arg 755 760 765 CTG ATG GAA GGC GGA AAA GAT ATC TTA TTG CAA CAG TTA GGT CAG GCA 2352 Leu Met Glu Gly Gly Lys Asp Ile Leu Leu Gln Gln Leu Gly Gln Ala 770 775 780 AAA TCC CTG CAA CCA CTG GCT ATT TTA CGC CGT ACC GAG CAG GTG CTG 2400 Lys Ser Leu Gln Pro Leu Ala Ile Leu Arg Arg Thr Glu Gln Val Leu 785 790 795 800 GAT TGG ATG TCG TCC GTA AAT CTA AGT CTG ACT TAT CTG CAA GGG ATG 2448 Asp Trp Met Ser Ser Val Asn Leu Ser Leu Thr Tyr Leu Gln Gly Met 805 810 815 GTA AGT ACG CAA TGG AGC GGT ACC GCC ACC GCT GAG ATG TTC AAT TTC 2496 Val Ser Thr Gln Trp Ser Gly Thr Ala Thr Ala Glu Met Phe Asn Phe 820 825 830 TTG GAA AAC GTT TGT GAC AGC GTG AAT AGT CAA GCT GCC ACT AAA GAA 2544 Leu Glu Asn Val Cys Asp Ser Val Asn Ser Gln Ala Ala Thr Lys Glu 835 840 845 ACA ATG GAT TCG GCG TTA CAG CAG AAA GTG CTG CGG GCG CTA AGC GCC 2592 Thr Met Asp Ser Ala Leu Gln Gln Lys Val Leu Arg Ala Leu Ser Ala 850 855 860 GGT TTC GGC ATT AAG AGC AAT GTG ATG GGT ATC GTC ACC TTC TGG CTG 2640 Gly Phe Gly Ile Lys Ser Asn Val Met Gly Ile Val Thr Phe Trp Leu 865 870 875 880 GAG AAA ATC ACA ATC GGT AGT GAT AAT CCT TTT ACA TTG GCA AAC TAC 2688 Glu Lys Ile Thr Ile Gly Ser Asp Asn Pro Phe Thr Leu Ala Asn Tyr 885 890 895 TGG CAT GAT ATT CAA ACC CTG TTT AGC CAT GAC AAT GCC ACG TTA GAG 2736 Trp His Asp Ile Gln Thr Leu Phe Ser His Asp Asn Ala Thr Leu Glu 900 905 910 TCC TTA CAA ACC GAC ACT TCT CTG GTA ATT GCT ACT CAG CAA CTT AGC 2784 Ser Leu Gln Thr Asp Thr Ser Leu Val Ile Ala Thr Gln Gln Leu Ser 915 920 925 CAG CTA GTG TTA ATT GTG AAA TGG CTG AGC CTG ACC GAG CAG GAT CTG 2832 Gln Leu Val Leu Ile Val Lys Trp Leu Ser Leu Thr Glu Gln Asp Leu 930 935 940 CAA TTA CTG ACA ACC TAT CCC GAA CGT TTA ATC AAC GGC ATC ACG AAT 2880 Gln Leu Leu Thr Thr Tyr Pro Glu Arg Leu Ile Asn Gly Ile Thr Asn 945 950 955 960 GTT CCT GTA CCC AAT CCG GAG CTA TTA CTC ACG CTA TCA CGT TTT AAG 2928 Val Pro Val Pro Asn Pro Glu Leu Leu Leu Thr Leu Ser Arg Phe Lys 965 970 975 CAG TGG GAA ACT CAA GTC ACC GTT TCC CGT GAT GAA GCG ATG CGC TGT 2976 Gln Trp Glu Thr Gln Val Thr Val Ser Arg Asp Glu Ala Met Arg Cys 980 985 990 TTC GAT CAA TTA AAT GCC AAT GAT ATG ACG ACT GAA AAT GCA GGT TCA 3024 Phe Asp Gln Leu Asn Ala Asn Asp Met Thr Thr Glu Asn Ala Gly Ser 995 1000 1005 CTG ATC GCC ACA TTG TAT GAG ATG GAT AAA GGT ACG GGA GCG CAA GTT 3072 Leu Ile Ala Thr Leu Tyr Glu Met Asp Lys Gly Thr Gly Ala Gln Val 1010 1015 1020 AAT ACC TTG CTA TTA GGT GAA AAT AAC TGG CCG AAA AGT TTT ACC TCT 3120 Asn Thr Leu Leu Leu Gly Glu Asn Asn Trp Pro Lys Ser Phe Thr Ser 1025 1030 1035 1040 CTC TGG CAA CTT CTG ACC TGG TTA CGC GTC GGG CAA AGA CTG AAT GTC 3168 Leu Trp Gln Leu Leu Thr Trp Leu Arg Val Gly Gln Arg Leu Asn Val 1045 1050 1055 GGT AGT ACC ACT CTG GGC AAT CTG TTG TCC ATG ATG CAA GCA GAC CCT 3216 Gly Ser Thr Thr Leu Gly Asn Leu Leu Ser Met Met Gln Ala Asp Pro 1060 1065 1070 GCT GCC GAG AGT AGC GCT TTA TTG GCA TCA GTA GCC CAA AAC TTA AGT 3264 Ala Ala Glu Ser Ser Ala Leu Leu Ala Ser Val Ala Gln Asn Leu Ser 1075 1080 1085 GCC GCA ATC AGC AAT CGT CAG TAA 3288 Ala Ala Ile Ser Asn Arg Gln 1090 1095 1095 amino acids amino acids linear protein 34 Met Val Thr Val Met Gln Asn Lys Ile Ser Phe Leu Ser Gly Thr Ser 1 5 10 15 Glu Gln Pro Leu Leu Asp Ala Gly Tyr Gln Asn Val Phe Asp Ile Ala 20 25 30 Ser Ile Ser Arg Ala Thr Phe Val Gln Ser Val Pro Thr Leu Pro Val 35 40 45 Lys Glu Ala His Thr Val Tyr Arg Gln Ala Arg Gln Arg Ala Glu Asn 50 55 60 Leu Lys Ser Leu Tyr Arg Ala Trp Gln Leu Arg Gln Glu Pro Val Ile 65 70 75 80 Lys Gly Leu Ala Lys Leu Asn Leu Gln Ser Asn Val Ser Val Leu Gln 85 90 95 Asp Ala Leu Val Glu Asn Ile Gly Gly Asp Gly Asp Phe Ser Asp Leu 100 105 110 Met Asn Arg Ala Ser Gln Tyr Ala Asp Ala Ala Ser Ile Gln Ser Leu 115 120 125 Phe Ser Pro Gly Arg Tyr Ala Ser Ala Leu Tyr Arg Val Ala Lys Asp 130 135 140 Leu His Lys Ser Asp Ser Ser Leu His Ile Asp Asn Arg Arg Ala Asp 145 150 155 160 Leu Lys Asp Leu Ile Leu Ser Glu Thr Thr Met Asn Lys Glu Val Thr 165 170 175 Ser Leu Asp Ile Leu Leu Asp Val Leu Gln Lys Gly Gly Lys Asp Ile 180 185 190 Thr Glu Leu Ser Gly Ala Phe Phe Pro Met Thr Leu Pro Tyr Asp Asp 195 200 205 His Leu Ser Gln Ile Asp Ser Ala Leu Ser Ala Gln Ala Arg Thr Leu 210 215 220 Asn Gly Val Trp Asn Thr Leu Thr Asp Thr Thr Ala Gln Ala Val Ser 225 230 235 240 Glu Gln Thr Ser Asn Thr Asn Thr Arg Lys Leu Phe Ala Ala Gln Asp 245 250 255 Gly Asn Gln Asp Thr Phe Phe Ser Gly Asn Thr Phe Tyr Phe Lys Ala 260 265 270 Val Gly Phe Ser Gly Gln Pro Met Val Tyr Leu Ser Gln Tyr Thr Ser 275 280 285 Gly Asn Gly Ile Val Gly Ala Gln Leu Ile Ala Gly Asn Pro Asp Gln 290 295 300 Ala Ala Ala Ala Ile Val Ala Pro Leu Lys Leu Thr Trp Ser Met Ala 305 310 315 320 Lys Gln Cys Tyr Tyr Leu Val Ala Pro Asp Gly Thr Thr Met Gly Asp 325 330 335 Gly Asn Val Leu Thr Gly Cys Phe Leu Arg Gly Asn Ser Pro Thr Asn 340 345 350 Pro Asp Lys Asp Gly Ile Phe Ala Gln Val Ala Asn Lys Ser Gly Ser 355 360 365 Thr Gln Pro Leu Pro Ser Phe His Leu Pro Val Thr Leu Glu His Ser 370 375 380 Glu Asn Lys Asp Gln Tyr Tyr Leu Lys Thr Glu Gln Gly Tyr Ile Thr 385 390 395 400 Val Asp Ser Ser Gly Gln Ser Asn Trp Lys Asn Ala Leu Val Ile Asn 405 410 415 Gly Thr Lys Asp Lys Gly Leu Leu Leu Thr Phe Cys Ser Asp Ser Ser 420 425 430 Gly Thr Pro Thr Asn Pro Asp Asp Val Ile Pro Pro Ala Ile Asn Asp 435 440 445 Ile Pro Ser Pro Pro Ala Arg Glu Thr Leu Ser Leu Thr Pro Val Ser 450 455 460 Tyr Gln Leu Met Thr Asn Pro Ala Pro Thr Glu Asp Asp Ile Thr Asn 465 470 475 480 His Tyr Gly Phe Asn Gly Ala Ser Leu Arg Ala Ser Pro Leu Ser Thr 485 490 495 Ser Glu Leu Thr Ser Lys Leu Asn Ser Ile Asp Thr Phe Cys Glu Lys 500 505 510 Thr Arg Leu Ser Phe Asn Gln Leu Met Asp Leu Thr Ala Gln Gln Ser 515 520 525 Tyr Ser Gln Ser Ser Ile Asp Ala Lys Ala Ala Ser Arg Tyr Val Arg 530 535 540 Phe Gly Glu Thr Thr Pro Thr Arg Val Asn Val Tyr Gly Ala Ala Tyr 545 550 555 560 Leu Asn Ser Thr Leu Ala Asp Ala Ala Asp Gly Gln Tyr Leu Trp Ile 565 570 575 Gln Thr Asp Gly Lys Ser Leu Asn Phe Thr Asp Asp Thr Val Val Ala 580 585 590 Leu Ala Gly Arg Ala Glu Lys Leu Val Arg Leu Ser Ser Gln Thr Gly 595 600 605 Leu Ser Phe Glu Glu Leu Asp Trp Leu Ile Ala Asn Ala Ser Arg Ser 610 615 620 Val Pro Asp His His Asp Lys Ile Val Leu Asp Lys Pro Val Leu Glu 625 630 635 640 Ala Leu Ala Glu Tyr Val Ser Leu Lys Gln Arg Tyr Gly Leu Asp Ala 645 650 655 Asn Thr Phe Ala Thr Phe Ile Ser Ala Val Asn Pro Tyr Thr Pro Asp 660 665 670 Gln Thr Pro Ser Phe Tyr Glu Thr Ala Phe Arg Ser Ala Asp Gly Asn 675 680 685 His Val Ile Ala Leu Gly Thr Glu Val Lys Tyr Ala Glu Asn Glu Gln 690 695 700 Asp Glu Leu Ala Ala Ile Cys Cys Lys Ala Leu Gly Val Thr Ser Asp 705 710 715 720 Glu Leu Leu Arg Ile Gly Arg Tyr Cys Phe Gly Asn Ala Gly Ser Phe 725 730 735 Thr Leu Asp Glu Tyr Thr Ala Ser Gln Leu Tyr Arg Phe Gly Ala Ile 740 745 750 Pro Arg Leu Phe Gly Leu Thr Phe Ala Gln Ala Glu Ile Leu Trp Arg 755 760 765 Leu Met Glu Gly Gly Lys Asp Ile Leu Leu Gln Gln Leu Gly Gln Ala 770 775 780 Lys Ser Leu Gln Pro Leu Ala Ile Leu Arg Arg Thr Glu Gln Val Leu 785 790 795 800 Asp Trp Met Ser Ser Val Asn Leu Ser Leu Thr Tyr Leu Gln Gly Met 805 810 815 Val Ser Thr Gln Trp Ser Gly Thr Ala Thr Ala Glu Met Phe Asn Phe 820 825 830 Leu Glu Asn Val Cys Asp Ser Val Asn Ser Gln Ala Ala Thr Lys Glu 835 840 845 Thr Met Asp Ser Ala Leu Gln Gln Lys Val Leu Arg Ala Leu Ser Ala 850 855 860 Gly Phe Gly Ile Lys Ser Asn Val Met Gly Ile Val Thr Phe Trp Leu 865 870 875 880 Glu Lys Ile Thr Ile Gly Ser Asp Asn Pro Phe Thr Leu Ala Asn Tyr 885 890 895 Trp His Asp Ile Gln Thr Leu Phe Ser His Asp Asn Ala Thr Leu Glu 900 905 910 Ser Leu Gln Thr Asp Thr Ser Leu Val Ile Ala Thr Gln Gln Leu Ser 915 920 925 Gln Leu Val Leu Ile Val Lys Trp Leu Ser Leu Thr Glu Gln Asp Leu 930 935 940 Gln Leu Leu Thr Thr Tyr Pro Glu Arg Leu Ile Asn Gly Ile Thr Asn 945 950 955 960 Val Pro Val Pro Asn Pro Glu Leu Leu Leu Thr Leu Ser Arg Phe Lys 965 970 975 Gln Trp Glu Thr Gln Val Thr Val Ser Arg Asp Glu Ala Met Arg Cys 980 985 990 Phe Asp Gln Leu Asn Ala Asn Asp Met Thr Thr Glu Asn Ala Gly Ser 995 1000 1005 Leu Ile Ala Thr Leu Tyr Glu Met Asp Lys Gly Thr Gly Ala Gln Val 1010 1015 1020 Asn Thr Leu Leu Leu Gly Glu Asn Asn Trp Pro Lys Ser Phe Thr Ser 1025 1030 1035 1040 Leu Trp Gln Leu Leu Thr Trp Leu Arg Val Gly Gln Arg Leu Asn Val 1045 1050 1055 Gly Ser Thr Thr Leu Gly Asn Leu Leu Ser Met Met Gln Ala Asp Pro 1060 1065 1070 Ala Ala Glu Ser Ser Ala Leu Leu Ala Ser Val Ala Gln Asn Leu Ser 1075 1080 1085 Ala Ala Ile Ser Asn Arg Gln 1090 1095 603 amino acids amino acid linear protein 35 Pro Leu Ser Thr Ser Glu Leu Thr Ser Lys Leu Asn Ser Ile Asp Thr 1 5 10 15 Phe Cys Glu Lys Thr Arg Leu Ser Phe Asn Gln Leu Met Asp Leu Thr 20 25 30 Ala Gln Gln Ser Tyr Ser Gln Ser Ser Ile Asp Ala Lys Ala Ala Ser 35 40 45 Arg Tyr Val Arg Phe Gly Glu Thr Thr Pro Thr Arg Val Asn Val Tyr 50 55 60 Gly Ala Ala Tyr Leu Asn Ser Thr Leu Ala Asp Ala Ala Asp Gly Gln 65 70 75 80 Tyr Leu Trp Ile Gln Thr Asp Gly Lys Ser Leu Asn Phe Thr Asp Asp 85 90 95 Thr Val Val Ala Leu Ala Gly Arg Ala Glu Lys Leu Val Arg Leu Ser 100 105 110 Ser Gln Thr Gly Leu Ser Phe Glu Glu Leu Asp Trp Leu Ile Ala Asn 115 120 125 Ala Ser Arg Ser Val Pro Asp His His Asp Lys Ile Val Leu Asp Lys 130 135 140 Pro Val Leu Glu Ala Leu Ala Glu Tyr Val Ser Leu Lys Gln Arg Tyr 145 150 155 160 Gly Leu Asp Ala Asn Thr Phe Ala Thr Phe Ile Ser Ala Val Asn Pro 165 170 175 Tyr Thr Pro Asp Gln Thr Pro Ser Phe Tyr Glu Thr Ala Phe Arg Ser 180 185 190 Ala Asp Gly Asn His Val Ile Ala Leu Gly Thr Glu Val Lys Tyr Ala 195 200 205 Glu Asn Glu Gln Asp Glu Leu Ala Ala Ile Cys Cys Lys Ala Leu Gly 210 215 220 Val Thr Ser Asp Glu Leu Leu Arg Ile Gly Arg Tyr Cys Phe Gly Asn 225 230 235 240 Ala Gly Arg Phe Thr Leu Asp Glu Tyr Thr Ala Ser Gln Leu Tyr Arg 245 250 255 Phe Gly Ala Ile Pro Arg Leu Phe Gly Leu Thr Phe Ala Gln Ala Glu 260 265 270 Ile Leu Trp Arg Leu Met Glu Gly Gly Lys Asp Ile Leu Leu Gln Gln 275 280 285 Xaa Gly Gln Ala Lys Ser Leu Gln Pro Leu Ala Ile Leu Arg Arg Thr 290 295 300 Glu Gln Val Leu Asp Trp Met Ser Pro Val Asn Leu Ser Leu Thr Tyr 305 310 315 320 Leu Gln Gly Met Val Ser Thr Gln Trp Ser Gly Thr Ala Thr Ala Glu 325 330 335 Met Phe Asn Phe Leu Glu Asn Val Cys Asp Ser Val Asn Ser Gln Ala 340 345 350 Xaa Thr Lys Glu Thr Met Asp Ser Ala Leu Gln Gln Lys Val Leu Arg 355 360 365 Ala Leu Ser Ala Gly Phe Gly Ile Lys Ser Asn Val Met Gly Ile Val 370 375 380 Thr Phe Trp Leu Glu Lys Ile Thr Ile Gly Arg Asp Asn Pro Phe Thr 385 390 395 400 Leu Ala Asn Tyr Trp His Asp Ile Gln Thr Leu Phe Ser His Asp Asn 405 410 415 Ala Thr Leu Glu Ser Leu Gln Thr Asp Thr Ser Leu Val Ile Ala Thr 420 425 430 Gln Gln Leu Ser Gln Leu Val Leu Ile Val Lys Trp Val Ser Leu Thr 435 440 445 Glu Gln Asp Leu Gln Leu Leu Thr Thr Tyr Pro Glu Arg Leu Ile Asn 450 455 460 Gly Ile Thr Asn Val Pro Val Pro Asn Pro Glu Leu Leu Leu Thr Leu 465 470 475 480 Ser Arg Phe Lys Gln Trp Glu Thr Gln Val Thr Val Ser Arg Asp Glu 485 490 495 Ala Met Arg Cys Phe Asp Gln Leu Asn Ala Asn Asp Met Thr Thr Glu 500 505 510 Asn Ala Gly Ser Leu Ile Ala Thr Leu Tyr Glu Met Asp Lys Gly Thr 515 520 525 Gly Ala Gln Val Asn Thr Leu Leu Leu Gly Glu Asn Asn Trp Pro Lys 530 535 540 Ser Phe Thr Ser Leu Trp Gln Leu Leu Thr Trp Leu Arg Val Gly Gln 545 550 555 560 Arg Leu Asn Val Gly Ser Thr Thr Leu Gly Asn Leu Leu Ser Met Met 565 570 575 Gln Ala Asp Pro Ala Ala Glu Ser Ser Ala Leu Leu Ala Ser Val Ala 580 585 590 Gln Asn Leu Ser Ala Ala Ile Ser Asn Arg Gln 595 600 2557 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) 36 GAATTCGGCT TGCGTTTAAT ATTGATGATG TCTCGCTCTT CCGCCTGCTT AAAATTACCG 60 ACCATGATAA TAAAGATGGA AAAATTAAAA ATAACCTAAA GAATCTTTCC AATTTATATA 120 TTGGAAAATT ACTGGCAGAT ATTCATCAAT TAACCATTGA TGAACTGGAT TTATTACTGA 180 TTGCCGTAGG TGAAGGAAAA ACTAATTTAT CCGCTATCAG TGATAAGCAA TTGGCTACCC 240 TGATCAGAAA ACTCAATACT ATTACCAGCT GGCTACATAC ACAGAAGTGG AGTGTATTCC 300 AGCTATTTAT CATGACCTCC ACCAGCTATA ACAAAACGCT AACGCCTGAA ATTAAGAATT 360 TGCTGGATAC CGTCTACCAC GGTTTACAAG GTTTTGATAA AGACAAAGCA GATTTGCTAC 420 ATGTCATGGC GCCCTATATT GCGGCCACCT TGCAATTATC ATCGGAAAAT GTCGCCCACT 480 CGGTACTCCT TTGGGCAGAT AAGTTACAGC CCGGCGACGG CGCAATGACA GCAGAGGGAN 540 TCTGGGACTG GTTGAATACT AAGTATACGC CGGGTTCATC GGAAGCCGTA GAAACGCAGG 600 AACATATCGT TCAGTATTGT CAGGCTCTGG CACAATTGGA AATGGTTTAC CATTCCACCG 660 GCATCAACGA AAACGCCTTC CGTCTATTTG TGACAAAACC AGAGATGTTT GGCGCTGCAA 720 CTGGAGCAGC GCCCGCGCAT GATGCCCTTT CACTGATTAT GCTGACACGT TTTGCGGATT 780 GGGTGAACGC ACTAGGCGAA AAAGCGTCCT CGGTGCTAGC GGCATTTGAA GCTAACTCGT 840 TAACGGCAGA ACAACTGGCT GATGCCATGA ATCTTGATGC TAATTTGCTG TTGCAAGCCA 900 GTATTCAAGC ACAAAATCAT CAACATCTTC CCCCAGTAAC TCCAGAAAAT GCGTTCTCCT 960 GTTGGACATC TATCAATACT ATCCTGCAAT GGGTTAATGT CGCACAACAA TTGAAATGTC 1020 GCCCCACAGG GCGTTTCCGC TTTGGTCGGG CTGGATTATA TTCAATCAAT GAAAGAGACA 1080 CCGACCTATG CCCAGTGGGA AAACGCGGCA GGCGTATTAA CCGCCGGGTT GAATTCAACA 1140 ACAGGCTAAT ACATTACAAC GCTTTTCTGG ATGAATCTCG CAGTGCCGCA TTAAGCACCT 1200 ACTATATCCG TCAAGTCGCC AAGGCAGCGG CGGCTATTAA AAGCCGTGAT GACTTGTATC 1260 AATACTTACT GATTGATAAT CAGGTTTCTG CGGCAATAAA AACCACCCGG ATCGCCGAAG 1320 CCATTGCCAG TATTCAACTG TACGTCAACC GGGCATTGGA AAATGTGGAA GAAAATGCCA 1380 ATTCGGGGGT TATCAGCCGC CAATTCTTTA TCGACTGGGA CAAATACAAT AAACGCTACA 1440 GCACTTGGGC GGGTGTTTCT CAATTAGTTT ACTACCCGGA AAACTATATT GATCCGACCA 1500 TGCGTATCGG ACAAACCAAA ATGATGGACG CATTACTGCA ATCCGTCAGC CAAAGCCAAT 1560 TAAACGCCGA TACCGTCGAA GATGCCTTTA TGTCTTATCT GACATCGTTT GAACAAGTGG 1620 CTAATCTTAA AGTTATTAGC GCATATCACG ATAATATTAA TAACGATCAA GGGCTGACCT 1680 ATTTTATCGG ACTCAGTGAA ACTGATGCCG GTGAATATTA TTGGCGCAGT GTCGATCACA 1740 GTAAATTCAA CGACGGTAAA TTCGCGGCTA ATGCCTGGAG TGAATGGCAT AAAATTGATT 1800 GTCCAATTAA CCCTTATAAA AGCACTATCC GTCCAGTGAT ATATAAATCC CGCCTGTATC 1860 TGCTCTGGTT GGAACAAAAG GAGATCACCA AACAGACAGG AAATAGTAAA GATGGCTATC 1920 AAACTGAAAC GGATTATCGT TATGAACTAA AATTGGCGCA TATCCGCTAT GATGGCACTT 1980 GGAATACGCC AATCACCTTT GATGTCAATA AAAAAATATC CGAGCTAAAA CTGGAAAAAA 2040 ATAGAGCGCC CGGACTCTAT TGTGCCGGTT ATCAAGGTGA AGATACGTTG CTGGTGATGT 2100 TTTATAACCA ACAAGACACA CTAGATAGTT ATAAAAACGC TTCAATGCAA GGACTATATA 2160 TCTTTGCTGA TATGGCATCC AAAGATATGA CCCCAGAACA GAGCAATGTT TATCGGGATA 2220 ATAGCTATCA ACAATTTGAT ACCAATAATG TCAGAAGAGT GAATAACCGC TATGCAGAGG 2280 ATTATGAGAT TCCTTCTTCG GTAAGTAGCC GTAAAGACTA TGGTTGGGGA GATTATTACC 2340 TCAGCATGGT ATATAACGGA GATATTCCAA CTATCAATTA CAAAGCCGCA TCAAGTGATT 2400 TAAAAATTTA TATTTCACCA AAATTAAGAA TTATTCATAA TGGATATGAA GGACAGAAGC 2460 GCAATCAATG CAATTTGATG AATAAATATG GCAAACTAGG TGATAAATTT ATTGTGTATA 2520 CCAGCCTGGG CGTTAATCCG AATAATAAGC CGAATTC 2557 845 amino acids amino acids linear protein (partial) 37 Ala Phe Asn Ile Asp Asp Val Ser Leu Phe Arg Leu Leu Lys Ile Thr 1 5 10 15 Asp His Asp Asn Lys Asp Gly Lys Ile Lys Asn Asn Leu Lys Asn Leu 20 25 30 Ser Asn Leu Tyr Ile Gly Lys Leu Leu Ala Asp Ile His Gln Leu Thr 35 40 45 Ile Asp Glu Leu Asp Leu Leu Leu Ile Ala Val Gly Glu Gly Lys Thr 50 55 60 Asn Leu Ser Ala Ile Ser Asp Lys Gln Leu Ala Thr Leu Ile Arg Lys 65 70 75 80 Leu Asn Thr Ile Thr Ser Trp Leu His Thr Gln Lys Trp Ser Val Phe 85 90 95 Gln Leu Phe Ile Met Thr Ser Thr Ser Tyr Asn Lys Thr Leu Thr Pro 100 105 110 Glu Ile Lys Asn Leu Leu Asp Thr Val Tyr His Gly Leu Gln Gly Phe 115 120 125 Asp Lys Asp Lys Ala Asp Leu Leu His Val Met Ala Pro Tyr Ile Ala 130 135 140 Ala Thr Leu Gln Leu Ser Ser Glu Asn Val Ala His Ser Val Leu Leu 145 150 155 160 Trp Ala Asp Lys Leu Gln Pro Gly Asp Gly Ala Met Thr Ala Glu Gly 165 170 175 Phe Trp Asp Trp Leu Asn Thr Lys Tyr Thr Pro Gly Ser Ser Glu Ala 180 185 190 Val Glu Thr Gln Glu His Ile Val Gln Tyr Cys Gln Ala Leu Ala Gln 195 200 205 Leu Glu Met Val Tyr His Ser Thr Gly Ile Asn Glu Asn Ala Phe Arg 210 215 220 Leu Phe Val Thr Lys Pro Glu Met Phe Gly Ala Ala Thr Gly Ala Ala 225 230 235 240 Pro Ala His Asp Ala Leu Ser Leu Ile Met Leu Thr Arg Phe Ala Asp 245 250 255 Trp Val Asn Ala Leu Gly Glu Lys Ala Ser Ser Val Leu Ala Ala Phe 260 265 270 Glu Ala Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala Glu Gln Leu Ala Asp Ala Met Asn Leu 275 280 285 Asp Ala Asn Leu Leu Leu Gln Ala Ser Ile Gln Ala Gln Asn His Gln 290 295 300 His Leu Pro Pro Val Thr Pro Glu Asn Ala Phe Ser Cys Trp Thr Ser 305 310 315 320 Ile Asn Thr Ile Leu Gln Trp Val Asn Val Ala Gln Gln Leu Lys Cys 325 330 335 Arg Pro Thr Gly Arg Phe Arg Phe Gly Arg Ala Gly Leu Tyr Ser Ile 340 345 350 Asn Glu Arg Asp Thr Asp Leu Cys Pro Val Gly Lys Arg Gly Arg Arg 355 360 365 Ile Asn Arg Arg Val Glu Phe Asn Asn Arg Leu Ile His Tyr Asn Ala 370 375 380 Phe Leu Asp Glu Ser Arg Ser Ala Ala Leu Ser Thr Tyr Tyr Ile Arg 385 390 395 400 Gln Val Ala Lys Ala Ala Ala Ala Ile Lys Ser Arg Asp Asp Leu Tyr 405 410 415 Gln Tyr Leu Leu Ile Asp Asn Gln Val Ser Ala Ala Ile Lys Thr Thr 420 425 430 Arg Ile Ala Glu Ala Ile Ala Ser Ile Gln Leu Tyr Val Asn Arg Ala 435 440 445 Leu Glu Asn Val Glu Glu Asn Ala Asn Ser Gly Val Ile Ser Arg Gln 450 455 460 Phe Phe Ile Asp Trp Asp Lys Tyr Asn Lys Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala 465 470 475 480 Gly Val Ser Gln Leu Val Tyr Tyr Pro Glu Asn Tyr Ile Asp Pro Thr 485 490 495 Met Arg Ile Gly Gln Thr Lys Met Met Asp Ala Leu Leu Gln Ser Val 500 505 510 Ser Gln Ser Gln Leu Asn Ala Asp Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Phe Met Ser 515 520 525 Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln Val Ala Asn Leu Lys Val Ile Ser Ala 530 535 540 Tyr His Asp Asn Ile Asn Asn Asp Gln Gly Leu Thr Tyr Phe Ile Gly 545 550 555 560 Leu Ser Glu Thr Asp Ala Gly Glu Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Ser Val Asp His 565 570 575 Ser Lys Phe Asn Asp Gly Lys Phe Ala Ala Asn Ala Trp Ser Glu Trp 580 585 590 His Lys Ile Asp Cys Pro Ile Asn Pro Tyr Lys Ser Thr Ile Arg Pro 595 600 605 Val Ile Tyr Lys Ser Arg Leu Tyr Leu Leu Trp Leu Glu Gln Lys Glu 610 615 620 Ile Thr Lys Gln Thr Gly Asn Ser Lys Asp Gly Tyr Gln Thr Glu Thr 625 630 635 640 Asp Tyr Arg Tyr Glu Leu Lys Leu Ala His Ile Arg Tyr Asp Gly Thr 645 650 655 Trp Asn Thr Pro Ile Thr Phe Asp Val Asn Lys Lys Ile Ser Glu Leu 660 665 670 Lys Leu Glu Lys Asn Arg Ala Pro Gly Leu Tyr Cys Ala Gly Tyr Gln 675 680 685 Gly Glu Asp Thr Leu Leu Val Met Phe Tyr Asn Gln Gln Asp Thr Leu 690 695 700 Asp Ser Tyr Lys Asn Ala Ser Met Gln Gly Leu Tyr Ile Phe Ala Asp 705 710 715 720 Met Ala Ser Lys Asp Met Thr Pro Glu Gln Ser Asn Val Tyr Arg Asp 725 730 735 Asn Ser Tyr Gln Gln Phe Asp Thr Asn Asn Val Arg Arg Val Asn Asn 740 745 750 Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Tyr Glu Ile Pro Ser Ser Val Ser Ser Arg Lys 755 760 765 Asp Tyr Gly Trp Gly Asp Tyr Tyr Leu Ser Met Val Tyr Asn Gly Asp 770 775 780 Ile Pro Thr Ile Asn Tyr Lys Ala Ala Ser Ser Asp Leu Lys Ile Tyr 785 790 795 800 Ile Ser Pro Lys Leu Arg Ile Ile His Asn Gly Tyr Glu Gly Gln Lys 805 810 815 Arg Asn Gln Cys Asn Leu Met Asn Lys Tyr Gly Lys Leu Gly Asp Lys 820 825 830 Phe Ile Val Tyr Thr Ser Leu Gly Val Asn Pro Asn Asn 835 840 845 16 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 38 Arg Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Ser Asp Glu Glu Leu Ser Gln Phe Ile Gly 1 5 10 15 Lys 20 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 39 Gly Thr Ala Thr Asp Val Ser Gly Pro Val Glu Ile Asn Thr Ala 1 5 10 15 Ile Ser Pro Ala Lys 20 11 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 40 Ala Asn Ser Leu Tyr Ala Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln 1 5 10 14 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 41 Leu Arg Ser Ala Asn Thr Leu Thr Asp Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln 1 5 10 19 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 42 Arg Ala Leu Glu Val Glu Arg Thr Val Ser Leu Ala Glu Val Tyr 1 5 10 15 Ala Gly Leu Glu FOR SEQ ID NO43 (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS (A) LENGTH 11 amino acids (B) TYPE amino acid (D) TOPOLOGY linear (ii) MOLECULE TYPE protein (v) FRAGMENT TYPE N-terminal (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION SEQ ID NO43 Ile Arg Glu Asp Tyr Pro Ala Ser Leu Gly Lys 1 5 10 16 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 44 Asp Asp Ser Gly Asp Asp Asp Lys Val Thr Asn Thr Asp Ile His 1 5 10 15 Arg 13 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 45 Asp Val Xaa Gly Ser Glu Lys Ala Asn Glu Lys Leu Lys 1 5 10 7551 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) 46 ATG AAC GAG TCT GTA AAA GAG ATA CCT GAT GTA TTA AAA AGC CAG TGT 48 Met Asn Glu Ser Val Lys Glu Ile Pro Asp Val Leu Lys Ser Gln Cys 1 5 10 15 GGT TTT AAT TGT CTG ACA GAT ATT AGC CAC AGC TCT TTT AAT GAA TTT 96 Gly Phe Asn Cys Leu Thr Asp Ile Ser His Ser Ser Phe Asn Glu Phe 20 25 30 CGC CAG CAA GTA TCT GAG CAC CTC TCC TGG TCC GAA ACA CAC GAC TTA 144 Arg Gln Gln Val Ser Glu His Leu Ser Trp Ser Glu Thr His Asp Leu 35 40 45 TAT CAT GAT GCA CAA CAG GCA CAA AAG GAT AAT CGC CTG TAT GAA GCG 192 Tyr His Asp Ala Gln Gln Ala Gln Lys Asp Asn Arg Leu Tyr Glu Ala 50 55 60 CGT ATT CTC AAA CGC GCC AAT CCC CAA TTA CAA AAT GCG GTG CAT CTT 240 Arg Ile Leu Lys Arg Ala Asn Pro Gln Leu Gln Asn Ala Val His Leu 65 70 75 80 GCC ATT CTC GCT CCC AAT GCT GAA CTG ATA GGC TAT AAC AAT CAA TTT 288 Ala Ile Leu Ala Pro Asn Ala Glu Leu Ile Gly Tyr Asn Asn Gln Phe 85 90 95 AGC GGT AGA GCC AGT CAA TAT GTT GCG CCG GGT ACC GTT TCT TCC ATG 336 Ser Gly Arg Ala Ser Gln Tyr Val Ala Pro Gly Thr Val Ser Ser Met 100 105 110 TTC TCC CCC GCC GCT TAT TTG ACT GAA CTT TAT CGT GAA GCA CGC AAT 384 Phe Ser Pro Ala Ala Tyr Leu Thr Glu Leu Tyr Arg Glu Ala Arg Asn 115 120 125 TTA CAC GCA AGT GAC TCC GTT TAT TAT CTG GAT ACC CGC CGC CCA GAT 432 Leu His Ala Ser Asp Ser Val Tyr Tyr Leu Asp Thr Arg Arg Pro Asp 130 135 140 CTC AAA TCA ATG GCG CTC AGT CAG CAA AAT ATG GAT ATA GAA TTA TCC 480 Leu Lys Ser Met Ala Leu Ser Gln Gln Asn Met Asp Ile Glu Leu Ser 145 150 155 160 ACA CTC TCT TTG TCC AAT GAG CTG TTA TTG GAA AGC ATT AAA ACT GAA 528 Thr Leu Ser Leu Ser Asn Glu Leu Leu Leu Glu Ser Ile Lys Thr Glu 165 170 175 TCT AAA CTG GAA AAC TAT ACT AAA GTG ATG GAA ATG CTC TCC ACT TTC 576 Ser Lys Leu Glu Asn Tyr Thr Lys Val Met Glu Met Leu Ser Thr Phe 180 185 190 CGT CCT TCC GGC GCA ACG CCT TAT CAT GAT GCT TAT GAA AAT GTG CGT 624 Arg Pro Ser Gly Ala Thr Pro Tyr His Asp Ala Tyr Glu Asn Val Arg 195 200 205 GAA GTT ATC CAG CTA CAA GAT CCT GGA CTT GAG CAA CTC AAT GCA TCA 672 Glu Val Ile Gln Leu Gln Asp Pro Gly Leu Glu Gln Leu Asn Ala Ser 210 215 220 CCG GCA ATT GCC GGG TTG ATG CAT CAA GCC TCC CTA TTG GGT ATT AAC 720 Pro Ala Ile Ala Gly Leu Met His Gln Ala Ser Leu Leu Gly Ile Asn 225 230 235 240 GCT TCA ATC TCG CCT GAG CTA TTT AAT ATT CTG ACG GAG GAG ATT ACC 768 Ala Ser Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Phe Asn Ile Leu Thr Glu Glu Ile Thr 245 250 255 GAA GGT AAT GCT GAG GAA CTT TAT AAG AAA AAT TTT GGT AAT ATC GAA 816 Glu Gly Asn Ala Glu Glu Leu Tyr Lys Lys Asn Phe Gly Asn Ile Glu 260 265 270 CCG GCC TCA TTG GCT ATG CCG GAA TAC CTT AAA CGT TAT TAT AAT TTA 864 Pro Ala Ser Leu Ala Met Pro Glu Tyr Leu Lys Arg Tyr Tyr Asn Leu 275 280 285 AGC GAT GAA GAA CTT AGT CAG TTT ATT GGT AAA GCC AGC AAT TTT GGT 912 Ser Asp Glu Glu Leu Ser Gln Phe Ile Gly Lys Ala Ser Asn Phe Gly 290 295 300 CAA CAG GAA TAT AGT AAT AAC CAA CTT ATT ACT CCG GTA GTC AAC AGC 960 Gln Gln Glu Tyr Ser Asn Asn Gln Leu Ile Thr Pro Val Val Asn Ser 305 310 315 320 AGT GAT GGC ACG GTT AAG GTA TAT CGG ATC ACC CGC GAA TAT ACA ACC 1008 Ser Asp Gly Thr Val Lys Val Tyr Arg Ile Thr Arg Glu Tyr Thr Thr 325 330 335 AAT GCT TAT CAA ATG GAT GTG GAG CTA TTT CCC TTC GGT GGT GAG AAT 1056 Asn Ala Tyr Gln Met Asp Val Glu Leu Phe Pro Phe Gly Gly Glu Asn 340 345 350 TAT CGG TTA GAT TAT AAA TTC AAA AAT TTT TAT AAT GCC TCT TAT TTA 1104 Tyr Arg Leu Asp Tyr Lys Phe Lys Asn Phe Tyr Asn Ala Ser Tyr Leu 355 360 365 TCC ATC AAG TTA AAT GAT AAA AGA GAA CTT GTT CGA ACT GAA GGC GCT 1152 Ser Ile Lys Leu Asn Asp Lys Arg Glu Leu Val Arg Thr Glu Gly Ala 370 375 380 CCT CAA GTC AAT ATA GAA TAC TCC GCA AAT ATC ACA TTA AAT ACC GCT 1200 Pro Gln Val Asn Ile Glu Tyr Ser Ala Asn Ile Thr Leu Asn Thr Ala 385 390 395 400 GAT ATC AGT CAA CCT TTT GAA ATT GGC CTG ACA CGA GTA CTT CCT TCC 1248 Asp Ile Ser Gln Pro Phe Glu Ile Gly Leu Thr Arg Val Leu Pro Ser 405 410 415 GGT TCT TGG GCA TAT GCC GCC GCA AAA TTT ACC GTT GAA GAG TAT AAC 1296 Gly Ser Trp Ala Tyr Ala Ala Ala Lys Phe Thr Val Glu Glu Tyr Asn 420 425 430 CAA TAC TCT TTT CTG CTA AAA CTT AAC AAG GCT ATT CGT CTA TCA CGT 1344 Gln Tyr Ser Phe Leu Leu Lys Leu Asn Lys Ala Ile Arg Leu Ser Arg 435 440 445 GCG ACA GAA TTG TCA CCC ACG ATT CTG GAA GGC ATT GTG CGC AGT GTT 1392 Ala Thr Glu Leu Ser Pro Thr Ile Leu Glu Gly Ile Val Arg Ser Val 450 455 460 AAT CTA CAA CTG GAT ATC AAC ACA GAC GTA TTA GGT AAA GTT TTT CTG 1440 Asn Leu Gln Leu Asp Ile Asn Thr Asp Val Leu Gly Lys Val Phe Leu 465 470 475 480 ACT AAA TAT TAT ATG CAG CGT TAT GCT ATT CAT GCT GAA ACT GCC CTG 1488 Thr Lys Tyr Tyr Met Gln Arg Tyr Ala Ile His Ala Glu Thr Ala Leu 485 490 495 ATA CTA TGC AAC GCG CCT ATT TCA CAA CGT TCA TAT GAT AAT CAA CCT 1536 Ile Leu Cys Asn Ala Pro Ile Ser Gln Arg Ser Tyr Asp Asn Gln Pro 500 505 510 AGC CAA TTT GAT CGC CTG TTT AAT ACG CCA TTA CTG AAC GGA CAA TAT 1584 Ser Gln Phe Asp Arg Leu Phe Asn Thr Pro Leu Leu Asn Gly Gln Tyr 515 520 525 TTT TCT ACC GGC GAT GAG GAG ATT GAT TTA AAT TCA GGT AGC ACC GGC 1632 Phe Ser Thr Gly Asp Glu Glu Ile Asp Leu Asn Ser Gly Ser Thr Gly 530 535 540 GAT TGG CGA AAA ACC ATA CTT AAG CGT GCA TTT AAT ATT GAT GAT GTC 1680 Asp Trp Arg Lys Thr Ile Leu Lys Arg Ala Phe Asn Ile Asp Asp Val 545 550 555 560 TCG CTC TTC CGC CTG CTT AAA ATT ACC GAC CAT GAT AAT AAA GAT GGA 1728 Ser Leu Phe Arg Leu Leu Lys Ile Thr Asp His Asp Asn Lys Asp Gly 565 570 575 AAA ATT AAA AAT AAC CTA AAG AAT CTT TCC AAT TTA TAT ATT GGA AAA 1776 Lys Ile Lys Asn Asn Leu Lys Asn Leu Ser Asn Leu Tyr Ile Gly Lys 580 585 590 TTA CTG GCA GAT ATT CAT CAA TTA ACC ATT GAT GAA CTG GAT TTA TTA 1824 Leu Leu Ala Asp Ile His Gln Leu Thr Ile Asp Glu Leu Asp Leu Leu 595 600 605 CTG ATT GCC GTA GGT GAA GGA AAA ACT AAT TTA TCC GCT ATC AGT GAT 1872 Leu Ile Ala Val Gly Glu Gly Lys Thr Asn Leu Ser Ala Ile Ser Asp 610 615 620 AAG CAA TTG GCT ACC CTG ATC AGA AAA CTC AAT ACT ATT ACC AGC TGG 1920 Lys Gln Leu Ala Thr Leu Ile Arg Lys Leu Asn Thr Ile Thr Ser Trp 625 630 635 640 CTA CAT ACA CAG AAG TGG AGT GTA TTC CAG CTA TTT ATC ATG ACC TCC 1968 Leu His Thr Gln Lys Trp Ser Val Phe Gln Leu Phe Ile Met Thr Ser 645 650 655 ACC AGC TAT AAC AAA ACG CTA ACG CCT GAA ATT AAG AAT TTG CTG GAT 2016 Thr Ser Tyr Asn Lys Thr Leu Thr Pro Glu Ile Lys Asn Leu Leu Asp 660 665 670 ACC GTC TAC CAC GGT TTA CAA GGT TTT GAT AAA GAC AAA GCA GAT TTG 2064 Thr Val Tyr His Gly Leu Gln Gly Phe Asp Lys Asp Lys Ala Asp Leu 675 680 685 CTA CAT GTC ATG GCG CCC TAT ATT GCG GCC ACC TTG CAA TTA TCA TCG 2112 Leu His Val Met Ala Pro Tyr Ile Ala Ala Thr Leu Gln Leu Ser Ser 690 695 700 GAA AAT GTC GCC CAC TCG GTA CTC CTT TGG GCA GAT AAG TTA CAG CCC 2160 Glu Asn Val Ala His Ser Val Leu Leu Trp Ala Asp Lys Leu Gln Pro 705 710 715 720 GGC GAC GGC GCA ATG ACA GCA GAA AAA TTC TGG GAC TGG TTG AAT ACT 2208 Gly Asp Gly Ala Met Thr Ala Glu Lys Phe Trp Asp Trp Leu Asn Thr 725 730 735 AAG TAT ACG CCG GGT TCA TCG GAA GCC GTA GAA ACG CAG GAA CAT ATC 2256 Lys Tyr Thr Pro Gly Ser Ser Glu Ala Val Glu Thr Gln Glu His Ile 740 745 750 GTT CAG TAT TGT CAG GCT CTG GCA CAA TTG GAA ATG GTT TAC CAT TCC 2304 Val Gln Tyr Cys Gln Ala Leu Ala Gln Leu Glu Met Val Tyr His Ser 755 760 765 ACC GGC ATC AAC GAA AAC GCC TTC CGT CTA TTT GTG ACA AAA CCA GAG 2352 Thr Gly Ile Asn Glu Asn Ala Phe Arg Leu Phe Val Thr Lys Pro Glu 770 775 780 ATG TTT GGC GCT GCA ACT GGA GCA GCG CCC GCG CAT GAT GCC CTT TCA 2400 Met Phe Gly Ala Ala Thr Gly Ala Ala Pro Ala His Asp Ala Leu Ser 785 790 795 800 CTG ATT ATG CTG ACA CGT TTT GCG GAT TGG GTG AAC GCA CTA GGC GAA 2448 Leu Ile Met Leu Thr Arg Phe Ala Asp Trp Val Asn Ala Leu Gly Glu 805 810 815 AAA GCG TCC TCG GTG CTA GCG GCA TTT GAA GCT AAC TCG TTA ACG GCA 2496 Lys Ala Ser Ser Val Leu Ala Ala Phe Glu Ala Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala 820 825 830 GAA CAA CTG GCT GAT GCC ATG AAT CTT GAT GCT AAT TTG CTG TTG CAA 2544 Glu Gln Leu Ala Asp Ala Met Asn Leu Asp Ala Asn Leu Leu Leu Gln 835 840 845 GCC AGT ATT CAA GCA CAA AAT CAT CAA CAT CTT CCC CCA GTA ACT CCA 2592 Ala Ser Ile Gln Ala Gln Asn His Gln His Leu Pro Pro Val Thr Pro 850 855 860 GAA AAT GCG TTC TCC TGT TGG ACA TCT ATC AAT ACT ATC CTG CAA TGG 2640 Glu Asn Ala Phe Ser Cys Trp Thr Ser Ile Asn Thr Ile Leu Gln Trp 865 870 875 880 GTT AAT GTC GCA CAA CAA TTG AAT GTC GCC CCA CAG GGC GTT TCC GCT 2688 Val Asn Val Ala Gln Gln Leu Asn Val Ala Pro Gln Gly Val Ser Ala 885 890 895 TTG GTC GGG CTG GAT TAT ATT CAA TCA ATG AAA GAG ACA CCG ACC TAT 2736 Leu Val Gly Leu Asp Tyr Ile Gln Ser Met Lys Glu Thr Pro Thr Tyr 900 905 910 GCC CAG TGG GAA AAC GCG GCA GGC GTA TTA ACC GCC GGG TTG AAT TCA 2784 Ala Gln Trp Glu Asn Ala Ala Gly Val Leu Thr Ala Gly Leu Asn Ser 915 920 925 CAA CAG GCT AAT ACA TTA CAC GCT TTT CTG GAT GAA TCT CGC AGT GCC 2832 Gln Gln Ala Asn Thr Leu His Ala Phe Leu Asp Glu Ser Arg Ser Ala 930 935 940 GCA TTA AGC ACC TAC TAT ATC CGT CAA GTC GCC AAG GCA GCG GCG GCT 2880 Ala Leu Ser Thr Tyr Tyr Ile Arg Gln Val Ala Lys Ala Ala Ala Ala 945 950 955 960 ATT AAA AGC CGT GAT GAC TTG TAT CAA TAC TTA CTG ATT GAT AAT CAG 2928 Ile Lys Ser Arg Asp Asp Leu Tyr Gln Tyr Leu Leu Ile Asp Asn Gln 965 970 975 GTT TCT GCG GCA ATA AAA ACC ACC CGG ATC GCC GAA GCC ATT GCC AGT 2976 Val Ser Ala Ala Ile Lys Thr Thr Arg Ile Ala Glu Ala Ile Ala Ser 980 985 990 ATT CAA CTG TAC GTC AAC CGG GCA TTG GAA AAT GTG GAA GAA AAT GCC 3024 Ile Gln Leu Tyr Val Asn Arg Ala Leu Glu Asn Val Glu Glu Asn Ala 995 1000 1005 AAT TCG GGG GTT ATC AGC CGC CAA TTC TTT ATC GAC TGG GAC AAA TAC 3072 Asn Ser Gly Val Ile Ser Arg Gln Phe Phe Ile Asp Trp Asp Lys Tyr 1010 1015 1020 AAT AAA CGC TAC AGC ACT TGG GCG GGT GTT TCT CAA TTA GTT TAC TAC 3120 Asn Lys Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala Gly Val Ser Gln Leu Val Tyr Tyr 1025 1030 1035 1040 CCG GAA AAC TAT ATT GAT CCG ACC ATG CGT ATC GGA CAA ACC AAA ATG 3168 Pro Glu Asn Tyr Ile Asp Pro Thr Met Arg Ile Gly Gln Thr Lys Met 1045 1050 1055 ATG GAC GCA TTA CTG CAA TCC GTC AGC CAA AGC CAA TTA AAC GCC GAT 3216 Met Asp Ala Leu Leu Gln Ser Val Ser Gln Ser Gln Leu Asn Ala Asp 1060 1065 1070 ACC GTC GAA GAT GCC TTT ATG TCT TAT CTG ACA TCG TTT GAA CAA GTG 3264 Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Phe Met Ser Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln Val 1075 1080 1085 GCT AAT CTT AAA GTT ATT AGC GCA TAT CAC GAT AAT ATT AAT AAC GAT 3312 Ala Asn Leu Lys Val Ile Ser Ala Tyr His Asp Asn Ile Asn Asn Asp 1090 1095 1100 CAA GGG CTG ACC TAT TTT ATC GGA CTC AGT GAA ACT GAT GCC GGT GAA 3360 Gln Gly Leu Thr Tyr Phe Ile Gly Leu Ser Glu Thr Asp Ala Gly Glu 1105 1110 1115 1120 TAT TAT TGG CGC AGT GTC GAT CAC AGT AAA TTC AAC GAC GGT AAA TTC 3408 Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Ser Val Asp His Ser Lys Phe Asn Asp Gly Lys Phe 1125 1130 1135 GCG GCT AAT GCC TGG AGT GAA TGG CAT AAA ATT GAT TGT CCA ATT AAC 3456 Ala Ala Asn Ala Trp Ser Glu Trp His Lys Ile Asp Cys Pro Ile Asn 1140 1145 1150 CCT TAT AAA AGC ACT ATC CGT CCA GTG ATA TAT AAA TCC CGC CTG TAT 3504 Pro Tyr Lys Ser Thr Ile Arg Pro Val Ile Tyr Lys Ser Arg Leu Tyr 1155 1160 1165 CTG CTC TGG TTG GAA CAA AAG GAG ATC ACC AAA CAG ACA GGA AAT AGT 3552 Leu Leu Trp Leu Glu Gln Lys Glu Ile Thr Lys Gln Thr Gly Asn Ser 1170 1175 1180 AAA GAT GGC TAT CAA ACT GAA ACG GAT TAT CGT TAT GAA CTA AAA TTG 3600 Lys Asp Gly Tyr Gln Thr Glu Thr Asp Tyr Arg Tyr Glu Leu Lys Leu 1185 1190 1195 1200 GCG CAT ATC CGC TAT GAT GGC ACT TGG AAT ACG CCA ATC ACC TTT GAT 3648 Ala His Ile Arg Tyr Asp Gly Thr Trp Asn Thr Pro Ile Thr Phe Asp 1205 1210 1215 GTC AAT AAA AAA ATA TCC GAG CTA AAA CTG GAA AAA AAT AGA GCG CCC 3696 Val Asn Lys Lys Ile Ser Glu Leu Lys Leu Glu Lys Asn Arg Ala Pro 1220 1225 1230 GGA CTC TAT TGT GCC GGT TAT CAA GGT GAA GAT ACG TTG CTG GTG ATG 3744 Gly Leu Tyr Cys Ala Gly Tyr Gln Gly Glu Asp Thr Leu Leu Val Met 1235 1240 1245 TTT TAT AAC CAA CAA GAC ACA CTA GAT AGT TAT AAA AAC GCT TCA ATG 3792 Phe Tyr Asn Gln Gln Asp Thr Leu Asp Ser Tyr Lys Asn Ala Ser Met 1250 1255 1260 CAA GGA CTA TAT ATC TTT GCT GAT ATG GCA TCC AAA GAT ATG ACC CCA 3840 Gln Gly Leu Tyr Ile Phe Ala Asp Met Ala Ser Lys Asp Met Thr Pro 1265 1270 1275 1280 GAA CAG AGC AAT GTT TAT CGG GAT AAT AGC TAT CAA CAA TTT GAT ACC 3888 Glu Gln Ser Asn Val Tyr Arg Asp Asn Ser Tyr Gln Gln Phe Asp Thr 1285 1290 1295 AAT AAT GTC AGA AGA GTG AAT AAC CGC TAT GCA GAG GAT TAT GAG ATT 3936 Asn Asn Val Arg Arg Val Asn Asn Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Tyr Glu Ile 1300 1305 1310 CCT TCC TCG GTA AGT AGC CGT AAA GAC TAT GGT TGG GGA GAT TAT TAC 3984 Pro Ser Ser Val Ser Ser Arg Lys Asp Tyr Gly Trp Gly Asp Tyr Tyr 1315 1320 1325 CTC AGC ATG GTA TAT AAC GGA GAT ATT CCA ACT ATC AAT TAC AAA GCC 4032 Leu Ser Met Val Tyr Asn Gly Asp Ile Pro Thr Ile Asn Tyr Lys Ala 1330 1335 1340 GCA TCA AGT GAT TTA AAA ATC TAT ATC TCA CCA AAA TTA AGA ATT ATT 4080 Ala Ser Ser Asp Leu Lys Ile Tyr Ile Ser Pro Lys Leu Arg Ile Ile 1345 1350 1355 1360 CAT AAT GGA TAT GAA GGA CAG AAG CGC AAT CAA TGC AAT CTG ATG AAT 4128 His Asn Gly Tyr Glu Gly Gln Lys Arg Asn Gln Cys Asn Leu Met Asn 1365 1370 1375 AAA TAT GGC AAA CTA GGT GAT AAA TTT ATT GTT TAT ACT AGC TTG GGG 4176 Lys Tyr Gly Lys Leu Gly Asp Lys Phe Ile Val Tyr Thr Ser Leu Gly 1380 1385 1390 GTC AAT CCA AAT AAC TCG TCA AAT AAG CTC ATG TTT TAC CCC GTC TAT 4224 Val Asn Pro Asn Asn Ser Ser Asn Lys Leu Met Phe Tyr Pro Val Tyr 1395 1400 1405 CAA TAT AGC GGA AAC ACC AGT GGA CTC AAT CAA GGG AGA CTA CTA TTC 4272 Gln Tyr Ser Gly Asn Thr Ser Gly Leu Asn Gln Gly Arg Leu Leu Phe 1410 1415 1420 CAC CGT GAC ACC ACT TAT CCA TCT AAA GTA GAA GCT TGG ATT CCT GGA 4320 His Arg Asp Thr Thr Tyr Pro Ser Lys Val Glu Ala Trp Ile Pro Gly 1425 1430 1435 1440 GCA AAA CGT TCT CTA ACC AAC CAA AAT GCC GCC ATT GGT GAT GAT TAT 4368 Ala Lys Arg Ser Leu Thr Asn Gln Asn Ala Ala Ile Gly Asp Asp Tyr 1445 1450 1455 GCT ACA GAC TCT CTG AAT AAA CCG GAT GAT CTT AAG CAA TAT ATC TTT 4416 Ala Thr Asp Ser Leu Asn Lys Pro Asp Asp Leu Lys Gln Tyr Ile Phe 1460 1465 1470 ATG ACT GAC AGT AAA GGG ACT GCT ACT GAT GTC TCA GGC CCA GTA GAG 4464 Met Thr Asp Ser Lys Gly Thr Ala Thr Asp Val Ser Gly Pro Val Glu 1475 1480 1485 ATT AAT ACT GCA ATT TCT CCA GCA AAA GTT CAG ATA ATA GTC AAA GCG 4512 Ile Asn Thr Ala Ile Ser Pro Ala Lys Val Gln Ile Ile Val Lys Ala 1490 1495 1500 GGT GGC AAG GAG CAA ACT TTT ACC GCA GAT AAA GAT GTC TCC ATT CAG 4560 Gly Gly Lys Glu Gln Thr Phe Thr Ala Asp Lys Asp Val Ser Ile Gln 1505 1510 1515 1520 CCA TCA CCT AGC TTT GAT GAA ATG AAT TAT CAA TTT AAT GCC CTT GAA 4608 Pro Ser Pro Ser Phe Asp Glu Met Asn Tyr Gln Phe Asn Ala Leu Glu 1525 1530 1535 ATA GAC GGT TCT GGT CTG AAT TTT ATT AAC AAC TCA GCC AGT ATT GAT 4656 Ile Asp Gly Ser Gly Leu Asn Phe Ile Asn Asn Ser Ala Ser Ile Asp 1540 1545 1550 GTT ACT TTT ACC GCA TTT GCG GAG GAT GGC CGC AAA CTG GGT TAT GAA 4704 Val Thr Phe Thr Ala Phe Ala Glu Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu Gly Tyr Glu 1555 1560 1565 AGT TTC AGT ATT CCT GTT ACC CTC AAG GTA AGT ACC GAT AAT GCC CTG 4752 Ser Phe Ser Ile Pro Val Thr Leu Lys Val Ser Thr Asp Asn Ala Leu 1570 1575 1580 ACC CTG CAC CAT AAT GAA AAT GGT GCG CAA TAT ATG CAA TGG CAA TCC 4800 Thr Leu His His Asn Glu Asn Gly Ala Gln Tyr Met Gln Trp Gln Ser 1585 1590 1595 1600 TAT CGT ACC CGC CTG AAT ACT CTA TTT GCC CGC CAG TTG GTT GCA CGC 4848 Tyr Arg Thr Arg Leu Asn Thr Leu Phe Ala Arg Gln Leu Val Ala Arg 1605 1610 1615 GCC ACC ACC GGA ATC GAT ACA ATT CTG AGT ATG GAA ACT CAG AAT ATT 4896 Ala Thr Thr Gly Ile Asp Thr Ile Leu Ser Met Glu Thr Gln Asn Ile 1620 1625 1630 CAG GAA CCG CAG TTA GGC AAA GGT TTC TAT GCT ACG TTC GTG ATA CCT 4944 Gln Glu Pro Gln Leu Gly Lys Gly Phe Tyr Ala Thr Phe Val Ile Pro 1635 1640 1645 CCC TAT AAC CTA TCA ACT CAT GGT GAT GAA CGT TGG TTT AAG CTT TAT 4992 Pro Tyr Asn Leu Ser Thr His Gly Asp Glu Arg Trp Phe Lys Leu Tyr 1650 1655 1660 ATC AAA CAT GTT GTT GAT AAT AAT TCA CAT ATT ATC TAT TCA GGC CAG 5040 Ile Lys His Val Val Asp Asn Asn Ser His Ile Ile Tyr Ser Gly Gln 1665 1670 1675 1680 CTA ACA GAT ACA AAT ATA AAC ATC ACA TTA TTT ATT CCT CTT GAT GAT 5088 Leu Thr Asp Thr Asn Ile Asn Ile Thr Leu Phe Ile Pro Leu Asp Asp 1685 1690 1695 GTC CCA TTG AAT CAA GAT TAT CAC GCC AAG GTT TAT ATG ACC TTC AAG 5136 Val Pro Leu Asn Gln Asp Tyr His Ala Lys Val Tyr Met Thr Phe Lys 1700 1705 1710 AAA TCA CCA TCA GAT GGT ACC TGG TGG GGC CCT CAC TTT GTT AGA GAT 5184 Lys Ser Pro Ser Asp Gly Thr Trp Trp Gly Pro His Phe Val Arg Asp 1715 1720 1725 GAT AAA GGA ATA GTA ACA ATA AAC CCT AAA TCC ATT TTG ACC CAT TTT 5232 Asp Lys Gly Ile Val Thr Ile Asn Pro Lys Ser Ile Leu Thr His Phe 1730 1735 1740 GAG AGC GTC AAT GTC CTG AAT AAT ATT AGT AGC GAA CCA ATG GAT TTC 5280 Glu Ser Val Asn Val Leu Asn Asn Ile Ser Ser Glu Pro Met Asp Phe 1745 1750 1755 1760 AGC GGC GCT AAC AGC CTC TAT TTC TGG GAA CTG TTC TAC TAT ACC CCG 5328 Ser Gly Ala Asn Ser Leu Tyr Phe Trp Glu Leu Phe Tyr Tyr Thr Pro 1765 1770 1775 ATG CTG GTT GCT CAA CGT TTG CTG CAT GAA CAG AAC TTC GAT GAA GCC 5376 Met Leu Val Ala Gln Arg Leu Leu His Glu Gln Asn Phe Asp Glu Ala 1780 1785 1790 AAC CGT TGG CTG AAA TAT GTC TGG AGT CCA TCC GGT TAT ATT GTC CAC 5424 Asn Arg Trp Leu Lys Tyr Val Trp Ser Pro Ser Gly Tyr Ile Val His 1795 1800 1805 GGC CAG ATT CAG AAC TAC CAG TGG AAC GTC CGC CCG TTA CTG GAA GAC 5472 Gly Gln Ile Gln Asn Tyr Gln Trp Asn Val Arg Pro Leu Leu Glu Asp 1810 1815 1820 ACC AGT TGG AAC AGT GAT CCT TTG GAT TCC GTC GAT CCT GAC GCG GTA 5520 Thr Ser Trp Asn Ser Asp Pro Leu Asp Ser Val Asp Pro Asp Ala Val 1825 1830 1835 1840 GCA CAG CAC GAT CCA ATG CAC TAC AAA GTT TCA ACT TTT ATG CGT ACC 5568 Ala Gln His Asp Pro Met His Tyr Lys Val Ser Thr Phe Met Arg Thr 1845 1850 1855 TTG GAT CTA TTG ATA GCA CGC GGC GAC CAT GCT TAT CGC CAA CTG GAA 5616 Leu Asp Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Gly Asp His Ala Tyr Arg Gln Leu Glu 1860 1865 1870 CGA GAT ACA CTC AAC GAA GCG AAG ATG TGG TAT ATG CAA GCG CTG CAT 5664 Arg Asp Thr Leu Asn Glu Ala Lys Met Trp Tyr Met Gln Ala Leu His 1875 1880 1885 CTA TTA GGT GAC AAA CCT TAT CTA CCG CTG AGT ACG ACA TGG AGT GAT 5712 Leu Leu Gly Asp Lys Pro Tyr Leu Pro Leu Ser Thr Thr Trp Ser Asp 1890 1895 1900 CCA CGA CTA GAC AGA GCC GCG GAT ATC ACT ACC CAA AAT GCT CAC GAC 5760 Pro Arg Leu Asp Arg Ala Ala Asp Ile Thr Thr Gln Asn Ala His Asp 1905 1910 1915 1920 AGC GCA ATA GTC GCT CTG CGG CAG AAT ATA CCT ACA CCG GCA CCT TTA 5808 Ser Ala Ile Val Ala Leu Arg Gln Asn Ile Pro Thr Pro Ala Pro Leu 1925 1930 1935 TCA TTG CGC AGC GCT AAT ACC CTG ACT GAT CTC TTC CTG CCG CAA ATC 5856 Ser Leu Arg Ser Ala Asn Thr Leu Thr Asp Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln Ile 1940 1945 1950 AAT GAA GTG ATG ATG AAT TAC TGG CAG ACA TTA GCT CAG AGA GTA TAC 5904 Asn Glu Val Met Met Asn Tyr Trp Gln Thr Leu Ala Gln Arg Val Tyr 1955 1960 1965 AAT CTG CGT CAT AAC CTC TCT ATC GAC GGC CAG CCG TTA TAT CTG CCA 5952 Asn Leu Arg His Asn Leu Ser Ile Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu Tyr Leu Pro 1970 1975 1980 ATC TAT GCC ACA CCG GCC GAT CCG AAA GCG TTA CTC AGC GCC GCC GTT 6000 Ile Tyr Ala Thr Pro Ala Asp Pro Lys Ala Leu Leu Ser Ala Ala Val 1985 1990 1995 2000 GCC ACT TCT CAA GGT GGA GGC AAG CTA CCG GAA TCA TTT ATG TCC CTG 6048 Ala Thr Ser Gln Gly Gly Gly Lys Leu Pro Glu Ser Phe Met Ser Leu 2005 2010 2015 TGG CGT TTC CCG CAC ATG CTG GAA AAT GCG CGC GGC ATG GTT AGC CAG 6096 Trp Arg Phe Pro His Met Leu Glu Asn Ala Arg Gly Met Val Ser Gln 2020 2025 2030 CTC ACC CAG TTC GGC TCC ACG TTA CAA AAT ATT ATC GAA CGT CAG GAC 6144 Leu Thr Gln Phe Gly Ser Thr Leu Gln Asn Ile Ile Glu Arg Gln Asp 2035 2040 2045 GCG GAA GCG CTC AAT GCG TTA TTA CAA AAT CAG GCC GCC GAG CTG ATA 6192 Ala Glu Ala Leu Asn Ala Leu Leu Gln Asn Gln Ala Ala Glu Leu Ile 2050 2055 2060 TTG ACT AAC CTG AGC ATT CAG GAC AAA ACC ATT GAA GAA TTG GAT GCC 6240 Leu Thr Asn Leu Ser Ile Gln Asp Lys Thr Ile Glu Glu Leu Asp Ala 2065 2070 2075 2080 GAG AAA ACG GTG TTG GAA AAA TCC AAA GCG GGA GCA CAA TCG CGC TTT 6288 Glu Lys Thr Val Leu Glu Lys Ser Lys Ala Gly Ala Gln Ser Arg Phe 2085 2090 2095 GAT AGC TAC GGC AAA CTG TAC GAT GAG AAT ATC AAC GCC GGT GAA AAC 6336 Asp Ser Tyr Gly Lys Leu Tyr Asp Glu Asn Ile Asn Ala Gly Glu Asn 2100 2105 2110 CAA GCC ATG ACG CTA CGA GCG TCC GCC GCC GGG CTT ACC ACG GCA GTT 6384 Gln Ala Met Thr Leu Arg Ala Ser Ala Ala Gly Leu Thr Thr Ala Val 2115 2120 2125 CAG GCA TCC CGT CTG GCC GGT GCG GCG GCT GAT CTG GTG CCT AAC ATC 6432 Gln Ala Ser Arg Leu Ala Gly Ala Ala Ala Asp Leu Val Pro Asn Ile 2130 2135 2140 TTC GGC TTT GCC GGT GGC GGC AGC CGT TGG GGG GCT ATC GCT GAG GCG 6480 Phe Gly Phe Ala Gly Gly Gly Ser Arg Trp Gly Ala Ile Ala Glu Ala 2145 2150 2155 2160 ACA GGT TAT GTG ATG GAA TTC TCC GCG AAT GTT ATG AAC ACC GAA GCG 6528 Thr Gly Tyr Val Met Glu Phe Ser Ala Asn Val Met Asn Thr Glu Ala 2165 2170 2175 GAT AAA ATT AGC CAA TCT GAA ACC TAC CGT CGT CGC CGT CAG GAG TGG 6576 Asp Lys Ile Ser Gln Ser Glu Thr Tyr Arg Arg Arg Arg Gln Glu Trp 2180 2185 2190 GAG ATC CAG CGG AAT AAT GCC GAA GCG GAA TTG AAG CAA ATC GAT GCT 6624 Glu Ile Gln Arg Asn Asn Ala Glu Ala Glu Leu Lys Gln Ile Asp Ala 2195 2200 2205 CAG CTC AAA TCA CTC GCT GTA CGC CGC GAA GCC GCC GTA TTG CAG AAA 6672 Gln Leu Lys Ser Leu Ala Val Arg Arg Glu Ala Ala Val Leu Gln Lys 2210 2215 2220 ACC AGT CTG AAA ACC CAA CAA GAA CAG ACC CAA TCT CAA TTG GCC TTC 6720 Thr Ser Leu Lys Thr Gln Gln Glu Gln Thr Gln Ser Gln Leu Ala Phe 2225 2230 2235 2240 CTG CAA CGT AAG TTC AGC AAT CAG GCG TTA TAC AAC TGG CTG CGT GGT 6768 Leu Gln Arg Lys Phe Ser Asn Gln Ala Leu Tyr Asn Trp Leu Arg Gly 2245 2250 2255 CGA CTG GCG GCG ATT TAC TTC CAG TTC TAC GAT TTG GCC GTC GCG CGT 6816 Arg Leu Ala Ala Ile Tyr Phe Gln Phe Tyr Asp Leu Ala Val Ala Arg 2260 2265 2270 TGC CTG ATG GCA GAA CAA GCT TAC CGT TGG GAA CTC AAT GAT GAC TCT 6864 Cys Leu Met Ala Glu Gln Ala Tyr Arg Trp Glu Leu Asn Asp Asp Ser 2275 2280 2285 GCC CGC TTC ATT AAA CCG GGC GCC TGG CAG GGA ACC TAT GCC GGT CTG 6912 Ala Arg Phe Ile Lys Pro Gly Ala Trp Gln Gly Thr Tyr Ala Gly Leu 2290 2295 2300 CTT GCA GGT GAA ACC TTG ATG CTG AGT CTG GCA CAA ATG GAA GAC GCT 6960 Leu Ala Gly Glu Thr Leu Met Leu Ser Leu Ala Gln Met Glu Asp Ala 2305 2310 2315 2320 CAT CTG AAA CGC GAT AAA CGC GCA TTA GAG GTT GAA CGC ACA GTA TCG 7008 His Leu Lys Arg Asp Lys Arg Ala Leu Glu Val Glu Arg Thr Val Ser 2325 2330 2335 CTG GCC GAA GTT TAT GCA GGA TTA CCA AAA GAT AAC GGT CCA TTT TCC 7056 Leu Ala Glu Val Tyr Ala Gly Leu Pro Lys Asp Asn Gly Pro Phe Ser 2340 2345 2350 CTG GCT CAG GAA ATT GAC AAG CTG GTG AGT CAA GGT TCA GGC AGT GCC 7104 Leu Ala Gln Glu Ile Asp Lys Leu Val Ser Gln Gly Ser Gly Ser Ala 2355 2360 2365 GGC AGT GGT AAT AAT AAT TTG GCG TTC GGC GCC GGC ACG GAC ACT AAA 7152 Gly Ser Gly Asn Asn Asn Leu Ala Phe Gly Ala Gly Thr Asp Thr Lys 2370 2375 2380 ACC TCT TTG CAG GCA TCA GTT TCA TTC GCT GAT TTG AAA ATT CGT GAA 7200 Thr Ser Leu Gln Ala Ser Val Ser Phe Ala Asp Leu Lys Ile Arg Glu 2385 2390 2395 2400 GAT TAC CCG GCA TCG CTT GGC AAA ATT CGA CGT ATC AAA CAG ATC AGC 7248 Asp Tyr Pro Ala Ser Leu Gly Lys Ile Arg Arg Ile Lys Gln Ile Ser 2405 2410 2415 GTC ACT TTG CCC GCG CTA CTG GGA CCG TAT CAG GAT GTA CAG GCA ATA 7296 Val Thr Leu Pro Ala Leu Leu Gly Pro Tyr Gln Asp Val Gln Ala Ile 2420 2425 2430 TTG TCT TAC GGC GAT AAA GCC GGA TTA GCT AAC GGC TGT GAA GCG CTG 7344 Leu Ser Tyr Gly Asp Lys Ala Gly Leu Ala Asn Gly Cys Glu Ala Leu 2435 2440 2445 GCA GTT TCT CAC GGT ATG AAT GAC AGC GGC CAA TTC CAG CTC GAT TTC 7392 Ala Val Ser His Gly Met Asn Asp Ser Gly Gln Phe Gln Leu Asp Phe 2450 2455 2460 AAC GAT GGC AAA TTC CTG CCA TTC GAA GGC ATC GCC ATT GAT CAA GGC 7440 Asn Asp Gly Lys Phe Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Ile Ala Ile Asp Gln Gly 2465 2470 2475 2480 ACG CTG ACA CTG AGC TTC CCA AAT GCA TCT ATG CCG GAG AAA GGT AAA 7488 Thr Leu Thr Leu Ser Phe Pro Asn Ala Ser Met Pro Glu Lys Gly Lys 2485 2490 2495 CAA GCC ACT ATG TTA AAA ACC CTG AAC GAT ATC ATT TTG CAT ATT CGC 7536 Gln Ala Thr Met Leu Lys Thr Leu Asn Asp Ile Ile Leu His Ile Arg 2500 2505 2510 TAC ACC ATT AAA TAA 7551 Tyr Thr Ile Lys 2515 2516 amino acids amino acids linear protein 47 Met Asn Glu Ser Val Lys Glu Ile Pro Asp Val Leu Lys Ser Gln Cys 1 5 10 15 Gly Phe Asn Cys Leu Thr Asp Ile Ser His Ser Ser Phe Asn Glu Phe 20 25 30 Arg Gln Gln Val Ser Glu His Leu Ser Trp Ser Glu Thr His Asp Leu 35 40 45 Tyr His Asp Ala Gln Gln Ala Gln Lys Asp Asn Arg Leu Tyr Glu Ala 50 55 60 Arg Ile Leu Lys Arg Ala Asn Pro Gln Leu Gln Asn Ala Val His Leu 65 70 75 80 Ala Ile Leu Ala Pro Asn Ala Glu Leu Ile Gly Tyr Asn Asn Gln Phe 85 90 95 Ser Gly Arg Ala Ser Gln Tyr Val Ala Pro Gly Thr Val Ser Ser Met 100 105 110 Phe Ser Pro Ala Ala Tyr Leu Thr Glu Leu Tyr Arg Glu Ala Arg Asn 115 120 125 Leu His Ala Ser Asp Ser Val Tyr Tyr Leu Asp Thr Arg Arg Pro Asp 130 135 140 Leu Lys Ser Met Ala Leu Ser Gln Gln Asn Met Asp Ile Glu Leu Ser 145 150 155 160 Thr Leu Ser Leu Ser Asn Glu Leu Leu Leu Glu Ser Ile Lys Thr Glu 165 170 175 Ser Lys Leu Glu Asn Tyr Thr Lys Val Met Glu Met Leu Ser Thr Phe 180 185 190 Arg Pro Ser Gly Ala Thr Pro Tyr His Asp Ala Tyr Glu Asn Val Arg 195 200 205 Glu Val Ile Gln Leu Gln Asp Pro Gly Leu Glu Gln Leu Asn Ala Ser 210 215 220 Pro Ala Ile Ala Gly Leu Met His Gln Ala Ser Leu Leu Gly Ile Asn 225 230 235 240 Ala Ser Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Phe Asn Ile Leu Thr Glu Glu Ile Thr 245 250 255 Glu Gly Asn Ala Glu Glu Leu Tyr Lys Lys Asn Phe Gly Asn Ile Glu 260 265 270 Pro Ala Ser Leu Ala Met Pro Glu Tyr Leu Lys Arg Tyr Tyr Asn Leu 275 280 285 Ser Asp Glu Glu Leu Ser Gln Phe Ile Gly Lys Ala Ser Asn Phe Gly 290 295 300 Gln Gln Glu Tyr Ser Asn Asn Gln Leu Ile Thr Pro Val Val Asn Ser 305 310 315 320 Ser Asp Gly Thr Val Lys Val Tyr Arg Ile Thr Arg Glu Tyr Thr Thr 325 330 335 Asn Ala Tyr Gln Met Asp Val Glu Leu Phe Pro Phe Gly Gly Glu Asn 340 345 350 Tyr Arg Leu Asp Tyr Lys Phe Lys Asn Phe Tyr Asn Ala Ser Tyr Leu 355 360 365 Ser Ile Lys Leu Asn Asp Lys Arg Glu Leu Val Arg Thr Glu Gly Ala 370 375 380 Pro Gln Val Asn Ile Glu Tyr Ser Ala Asn Ile Thr Leu Asn Thr Ala 385 390 395 400 Asp Ile Ser Gln Pro Phe Glu Ile Gly Leu Thr Arg Val Leu Pro Ser 405 410 415 Gly Ser Trp Ala Tyr Ala Ala Ala Lys Phe Thr Val Glu Glu Tyr Asn 420 425 430 Gln Tyr Ser Phe Leu Leu Lys Leu Asn Lys Ala Ile Arg Leu Ser Arg 435 440 445 Ala Thr Glu Leu Ser Pro Thr Ile Leu Glu Gly Ile Val Arg Ser Val 450 455 460 Asn Leu Gln Leu Asp Ile Asn Thr Asp Val Leu Gly Lys Val Phe Leu 465 470 475 480 Thr Lys Tyr Tyr Met Gln Arg Tyr Ala Ile His Ala Glu Thr Ala Leu 485 490 495 Ile Leu Cys Asn Ala Pro Ile Ser Gln Arg Ser Tyr Asp Asn Gln Pro 500 505 510 Ser Gln Phe Asp Arg Leu Phe Asn Thr Pro Leu Leu Asn Gly Gln Tyr 515 520 525 Phe Ser Thr Gly Asp Glu Glu Ile Asp Leu Asn Ser Gly Ser Thr Gly 530 535 540 Asp Trp Arg Lys Thr Ile Leu Lys Arg Ala Phe Asn Ile Asp Asp Val 545 550 555 560 Ser Leu Phe Arg Leu Leu Lys Ile Thr Asp His Asp Asn Lys Asp Gly 565 570 575 Lys Ile Lys Asn Asn Leu Lys Asn Leu Ser Asn Leu Tyr Ile Gly Lys 580 585 590 Leu Leu Ala Asp Ile His Gln Leu Thr Ile Asp Glu Leu Asp Leu Leu 595 600 605 Leu Ile Ala Val Gly Glu Gly Lys Thr Asn Leu Ser Ala Ile Ser Asp 610 615 620 Lys Gln Leu Ala Thr Leu Ile Arg Lys Leu Asn Thr Ile Thr Ser Trp 625 630 635 640 Leu His Thr Gln Lys Trp Ser Val Phe Gln Leu Phe Ile Met Thr Ser 645 650 655 Thr Ser Tyr Asn Lys Thr Leu Thr Pro Glu Ile Lys Asn Leu Leu Asp 660 665 670 Thr Val Tyr His Gly Leu Gln Gly Phe Asp Lys Asp Lys Ala Asp Leu 675 680 685 Leu His Val Met Ala Pro Tyr Ile Ala Ala Thr Leu Gln Leu Ser Ser 690 695 700 Glu Asn Val Ala His Ser Val Leu Leu Trp Ala Asp Lys Leu Gln Pro 705 710 715 720 Gly Asp Gly Ala Met Thr Ala Glu Lys Phe Trp Asp Trp Leu Asn Thr 725 730 735 Lys Tyr Thr Pro Gly Ser Ser Glu Ala Val Glu Thr Gln Glu His Ile 740 745 750 Val Gln Tyr Cys Gln Ala Leu Ala Gln Leu Glu Met Val Tyr His Ser 755 760 765 Thr Gly Ile Asn Glu Asn Ala Phe Arg Leu Phe Val Thr Lys Pro Glu 770 775 780 Met Phe Gly Ala Ala Thr Gly Ala Ala Pro Ala His Asp Ala Leu Ser 785 790 795 800 Leu Ile Met Leu Thr Arg Phe Ala Asp Trp Val Asn Ala Leu Gly Glu 805 810 815 Lys Ala Ser Ser Val Leu Ala Ala Phe Glu Ala Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala 820 825 830 Glu Gln Leu Ala Asp Ala Met Asn Leu Asp Ala Asn Leu Leu Leu Gln 835 840 845 Ala Ser Ile Gln Ala Gln Asn His Gln His Leu Pro Pro Val Thr Pro 850 855 860 Glu Asn Ala Phe Ser Cys Trp Thr Ser Ile Asn Thr Ile Leu Gln Trp 865 870 875 880 Val Asn Val Ala Gln Gln Leu Asn Val Ala Pro Gln Gly Val Ser Ala 885 890 895 Leu Val Gly Leu Asp Tyr Ile Gln Ser Met Lys Glu Thr Pro Thr Tyr 900 905 910 Ala Gln Trp Glu Asn Ala Ala Gly Val Leu Thr Ala Gly Leu Asn Ser 915 920 925 Gln Gln Ala Asn Thr Leu His Ala Phe Leu Asp Glu Ser Arg Ser Ala 930 935 940 Ala Leu Ser Thr Tyr Tyr Ile Arg Gln Val Ala Lys Ala Ala Ala Ala 945 950 955 960 Ile Lys Ser Arg Asp Asp Leu Tyr Gln Tyr Leu Leu Ile Asp Asn Gln 965 970 975 Val Ser Ala Ala Ile Lys Thr Thr Arg Ile Ala Glu Ala Ile Ala Ser 980 985 990 Ile Gln Leu Tyr Val Asn Arg Ala Leu Glu Asn Val Glu Glu Asn Ala 995 1000 1005 Asn Ser Gly Val Ile Ser Arg Gln Phe Phe Ile Asp Trp Asp Lys Tyr 1010 1015 1020 Asn Lys Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala Gly Val Ser Gln Leu Val Tyr Tyr 1025 1030 1035 1040 Pro Glu Asn Tyr Ile Asp Pro Thr Met Arg Ile Gly Gln Thr Lys Met 1045 1050 1055 Met Asp Ala Leu Leu Gln Ser Val Ser Gln Ser Gln Leu Asn Ala Asp 1060 1065 1070 Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Phe Met Ser Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln Val 1075 1080 1085 Ala Asn Leu Lys Val Ile Ser Ala Tyr His Asp Asn Ile Asn Asn Asp 1090 1095 1100 Gln Gly Leu Thr Tyr Phe Ile Gly Leu Ser Glu Thr Asp Ala Gly Glu 1105 1110 1115 1120 Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Ser Val Asp His Ser Lys Phe Asn Asp Gly Lys Phe 1125 1130 1135 Ala Ala Asn Ala Trp Ser Glu Trp His Lys Ile Asp Cys Pro Ile Asn 1140 1145 1150 Pro Tyr Lys Ser Thr Ile Arg Pro Val Ile Tyr Lys Ser Arg Leu Tyr 1155 1160 1165 Leu Leu Trp Leu Glu Gln Lys Glu Ile Thr Lys Gln Thr Gly Asn Ser 1170 1175 1180 Lys Asp Gly Tyr Gln Thr Glu Thr Asp Tyr Arg Tyr Glu Leu Lys Leu 1185 1190 1195 1200 Ala His Ile Arg Tyr Asp Gly Thr Trp Asn Thr Pro Ile Thr Phe Asp 1205 1210 1215 Val Asn Lys Lys Ile Ser Glu Leu Lys Leu Glu Lys Asn Arg Ala Pro 1220 1225 1230 Gly Leu Tyr Cys Ala Gly Tyr Gln Gly Glu Asp Thr Leu Leu Val Met 1235 1240 1245 Phe Tyr Asn Gln Gln Asp Thr Leu Asp Ser Tyr Lys Asn Ala Ser Met 1250 1255 1260 Gln Gly Leu Tyr Ile Phe Ala Asp Met Ala Ser Lys Asp Met Thr Pro 1265 1270 1275 1280 Glu Gln Ser Asn Val Tyr Arg Asp Asn Ser Tyr Gln Gln Phe Asp Thr 1285 1290 1295 Asn Asn Val Arg Arg Val Asn Asn Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Tyr Glu Ile 1300 1305 1310 Pro Ser Ser Val Ser Ser Arg Lys Asp Tyr Gly Trp Gly Asp Tyr Tyr 1315 1320 1325 Leu Ser Met Val Tyr Asn Gly Asp Ile Pro Thr Ile Asn Tyr Lys Ala 1330 1335 1340 Ala Ser Ser Asp Leu Lys Ile Tyr Ile Ser Pro Lys Leu Arg Ile Ile 1345 1350 1355 1360 His Asn Gly Tyr Glu Gly Gln Lys Arg Asn Gln Cys Asn Leu Met Asn 1365 1370 1375 Lys Tyr Gly Lys Leu Gly Asp Lys Phe Ile Val Tyr Thr Ser Leu Gly 1380 1385 1390 Val Asn Pro Asn Asn Ser Ser Asn Lys Leu Met Phe Tyr Pro Val Tyr 1395 1400 1405 Gln Tyr Ser Gly Asn Thr Ser Gly Leu Asn Gln Gly Arg Leu Leu Phe 1410 1415 1420 His Arg Asp Thr Thr Tyr Pro Ser Lys Val Glu Ala Trp Ile Pro Gly 1425 1430 1435 1440 Ala Lys Arg Ser Leu Thr Asn Gln Asn Ala Ala Ile Gly Asp Asp Tyr 1445 1450 1455 Ala Thr Asp Ser Leu Asn Lys Pro Asp Asp Leu Lys Gln Tyr Ile Phe 1460 1465 1470 Met Thr Asp Ser Lys Gly Thr Ala Thr Asp Val Ser Gly Pro Val Glu 1475 1480 1485 Ile Asn Thr Ala Ile Ser Pro Ala Lys Val Gln Ile Ile Val Lys Ala 1490 1495 1500 Gly Gly Lys Glu Gln Thr Phe Thr Ala Asp Lys Asp Val Ser Ile Gln 1505 1510 1515 1520 Pro Ser Pro Ser Phe Asp Glu Met Asn Tyr Gln Phe Asn Ala Leu Glu 1525 1530 1535 Ile Asp Gly Ser Gly Leu Asn Phe Ile Asn Asn Ser Ala Ser Ile Asp 1540 1545 1550 Val Thr Phe Thr Ala Phe Ala Glu Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu Gly Tyr Glu 1555 1560 1565 Ser Phe Ser Ile Pro Val Thr Leu Lys Val Ser Thr Asp Asn Ala Leu 1570 1575 1580 Thr Leu His His Asn Glu Asn Gly Ala Gln Tyr Met Gln Trp Gln Ser 1585 1590 1595 1600 Tyr Arg Thr Arg Leu Asn Thr Leu Phe Ala Arg Gln Leu Val Ala Arg 1605 1610 1615 Ala Thr Thr Gly Ile Asp Thr Ile Leu Ser Met Glu Thr Gln Asn Ile 1620 1625 1630 Gln Glu Pro Gln Leu Gly Lys Gly Phe Tyr Ala Thr Phe Val Ile Pro 1635 1640 1645 Pro Tyr Asn Leu Ser Thr His Gly Asp Glu Arg Trp Phe Lys Leu Tyr 1650 1655 1660 Ile Lys His Val Val Asp Asn Asn Ser His Ile Ile Tyr Ser Gly Gln 1665 1670 1675 1680 Leu Thr Asp Thr Asn Ile Asn Ile Thr Leu Phe Ile Pro Leu Asp Asp 1685 1690 1695 Val Pro Leu Asn Gln Asp Tyr His Ala Lys Val Tyr Met Thr Phe Lys 1700 1705 1710 Lys Ser Pro Ser Asp Gly Thr Trp Trp Gly Pro His Phe Val Arg Asp 1715 1720 1725 Asp Lys Gly Ile Val Thr Ile Asn Pro Lys Ser Ile Leu Thr His Phe 1730 1735 1740 Glu Ser Val Asn Val Leu Asn Asn Ile Ser Ser Glu Pro Met Asp Phe 1745 1750 1755 1760 Ser Gly Ala Asn Ser Leu Tyr Phe Trp Glu Leu Phe Tyr Tyr Thr Pro 1765 1770 1775 Met Leu Val Ala Gln Arg Leu Leu His Glu Gln Asn Phe Asp Glu Ala 1780 1785 1790 Asn Arg Trp Leu Lys Tyr Val Trp Ser Pro Ser Gly Tyr Ile Val His 1795 1800 1805 Gly Gln Ile Gln Asn Tyr Gln Trp Asn Val Arg Pro Leu Leu Glu Asp 1810 1815 1820 Thr Ser Trp Asn Ser Asp Pro Leu Asp Ser Val Asp Pro Asp Ala Val 1825 1830 1835 1840 Ala Gln His Asp Pro Met His Tyr Lys Val Ser Thr Phe Met Arg Thr 1845 1850 1855 Leu Asp Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Gly Asp His Ala Tyr Arg Gln Leu Glu 1860 1865 1870 Arg Asp Thr Leu Asn Glu Ala Lys Met Trp Tyr Met Gln Ala Leu His 1875 1880 1885 Leu Leu Gly Asp Lys Pro Tyr Leu Pro Leu Ser Thr Thr Trp Ser Asp 1890 1895 1900 Pro Arg Leu Asp Arg Ala Ala Asp Ile Thr Thr Gln Asn Ala His Asp 1905 1910 1915 1920 Ser Ala Ile Val Ala Leu Arg Gln Asn Ile Pro Thr Pro Ala Pro Leu 1925 1930 1935 Ser Leu Arg Ser Ala Asn Thr Leu Thr Asp Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln Ile 1940 1945 1950 Asn Glu Val Met Met Asn Tyr Trp Gln Thr Leu Ala Gln Arg Val Tyr 1955 1960 1965 Asn Leu Arg His Asn Leu Ser Ile Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu Tyr Leu Pro 1970 1975 1980 Ile Tyr Ala Thr Pro Ala Asp Pro Lys Ala Leu Leu Ser Ala Ala Val 1985 1990 1995 2000 Ala Thr Ser Gln Gly Gly Gly Lys Leu Pro Glu Ser Phe Met Ser Leu 2005 2010 2015 Trp Arg Phe Pro His Met Leu Glu Asn Ala Arg Gly Met Val Ser Gln 2020 2025 2030 Leu Thr Gln Phe Gly Ser Thr Leu Gln Asn Ile Ile Glu Arg Gln Asp 2035 2040 2045 Ala Glu Ala Leu Asn Ala Leu Leu Gln Asn Gln Ala Ala Glu Leu Ile 2050 2055 2060 Leu Thr Asn Leu Ser Ile Gln Asp Lys Thr Ile Glu Glu Leu Asp Ala 2065 2070 2075 2080 Glu Lys Thr Val Leu Glu Lys Ser Lys Ala Gly Ala Gln Ser Arg Phe 2085 2090 2095 Asp Ser Tyr Gly Lys Leu Tyr Asp Glu Asn Ile Asn Ala Gly Glu Asn 2100 2105 2110 Gln Ala Met Thr Leu Arg Ala Ser Ala Ala Gly Leu Thr Thr Ala Val 2115 2120 2125 Gln Ala Ser Arg Leu Ala Gly Ala Ala Ala Asp Leu Val Pro Asn Ile 2130 2135 2140 Phe Gly Phe Ala Gly Gly Gly Ser Arg Trp Gly Ala Ile Ala Glu Ala 2145 2150 2155 2160 Thr Gly Tyr Val Met Glu Phe Ser Ala Asn Val Met Asn Thr Glu Ala 2165 2170 2175 Asp Lys Ile Ser Gln Ser Glu Thr Tyr Arg Arg Arg Arg Gln Glu Trp 2180 2185 2190 Glu Ile Gln Arg Asn Asn Ala Glu Ala Glu Leu Lys Gln Ile Asp Ala 2195 2200 2205 Gln Leu Lys Ser Leu Ala Val Arg Arg Glu Ala Ala Val Leu Gln Lys 2210 2215 2220 Thr Ser Leu Lys Thr Gln Gln Glu Gln Thr Gln Ser Gln Leu Ala Phe 2225 2230 2235 2240 Leu Gln Arg Lys Phe Ser Asn Gln Ala Leu Tyr Asn Trp Leu Arg Gly 2245 2250 2255 Arg Leu Ala Ala Ile Tyr Phe Gln Phe Tyr Asp Leu Ala Val Ala Arg 2260 2265 2270 Cys Leu Met Ala Glu Gln Ala Tyr Arg Trp Glu Leu Asn Asp Asp Ser 2275 2280 2285 Ala Arg Phe Ile Lys Pro Gly Ala Trp Gln Gly Thr Tyr Ala Gly Leu 2290 2295 2300 Leu Ala Gly Glu Thr Leu Met Leu Ser Leu Ala Gln Met Glu Asp Ala 2305 2310 2315 2320 His Leu Lys Arg Asp Lys Arg Ala Leu Glu Val Glu Arg Thr Val Ser 2325 2330 2335 Leu Ala Glu Val Tyr Ala Gly Leu Pro Lys Asp Asn Gly Pro Phe Ser 2340 2345 2350 Leu Ala Gln Glu Ile Asp Lys Leu Val Ser Gln Gly Ser Gly Ser Ala 2355 2360 2365 Gly Ser Gly Asn Asn Asn Leu Ala Phe Gly Ala Gly Thr Asp Thr Lys 2370 2375 2380 Thr Ser Leu Gln Ala Ser Val Ser Phe Ala Asp Leu Lys Ile Arg Glu 2385 2390 2395 2400 Asp Tyr Pro Ala Ser Leu Gly Lys Ile Arg Arg Ile Lys Gln Ile Ser 2405 2410 2415 Val Thr Leu Pro Ala Leu Leu Gly Pro Tyr Gln Asp Val Gln Ala Ile 2420 2425 2430 Leu Ser Tyr Gly Asp Lys Ala Gly Leu Ala Asn Gly Cys Glu Ala Leu 2435 2440 2445 Ala Val Ser His Gly Met Asn Asp Ser Gly Gln Phe Gln Leu Asp Phe 2450 2455 2460 Asn Asp Gly Lys Phe Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Ile Ala Ile Asp Gln Gly 2465 2470 2475 2480 Thr Leu Thr Leu Ser Phe Pro Asn Ala Ser Met Pro Glu Lys Gly Lys 2485 2490 2495 Gln Ala Thr Met Leu Lys Thr Leu Asn Asp Ile Ile Leu His Ile Arg 2500 2505 2510 Tyr Thr Ile Lys 2515 5547 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) 48 CTG ATA GGC TAT AAC AAT CAA TTT AGC GGT AGA GCC AGT CAA TAT GTT 48 Leu Ile Gly Tyr Asn Asn Gln Phe Ser Gly Arg Ala Ser Gln Tyr Val 1 5 10 15 GCG CCG GGT ACC GTT TCT TCC ATG TTC TCC CCC GCC GCT TAT TTG ACT 96 Ala Pro Gly Thr Val Ser Ser Met Phe Ser Pro Ala Ala Tyr Leu Thr 20 25 30 GAA CTT TAT CGT GAA GCA CGC AAT TTA CAC GCA AGT GAC TCC GTT TAT 144 Glu Leu Tyr Arg Glu Ala Arg Asn Leu His Ala Ser Asp Ser Val Tyr 35 40 45 TAT CTG GAT ACC CGC CGC CCA GAT CTC AAA TCA ATG GCG CTC AGT CAG 192 Tyr Leu Asp Thr Arg Arg Pro Asp Leu Lys Ser Met Ala Leu Ser Gln 50 55 60 CAA AAT ATG GAT ATA GAA TTA TCC ACA CTC TCT TTG TCC AAT GAG CTG 240 Gln Asn Met Asp Ile Glu Leu Ser Thr Leu Ser Leu Ser Asn Glu Leu 65 70 75 80 TTA TTG GAA AGC ATT AAA ACT GAA TCT AAA CTG GAA AAC TAT ACT AAA 288 Leu Leu Glu Ser Ile Lys Thr Glu Ser Lys Leu Glu Asn Tyr Thr Lys 85 90 95 GTG ATG GAA ATG CTC TCC ACT TTC CGT CCT TCC GGC GCA ACG CCT TAT 336 Val Met Glu Met Leu Ser Thr Phe Arg Pro Ser Gly Ala Thr Pro Tyr 100 105 110 CAT GAT GCT TAT GAA AAT GTG CGT GAA GTT ATC CAG CTA CAA GAT CCT 384 His Asp Ala Tyr Glu Asn Val Arg Glu Val Ile Gln Leu Gln Asp Pro 115 120 125 GGA CTT GAG CAA CTC AAT GCA TCA CCG GCA ATT GCC GGG TTG ATG CAT 432 Gly Leu Glu Gln Leu Asn Ala Ser Pro Ala Ile Ala Gly Leu Met His 130 135 140 CAA GCC TCC CTA TTG GGT ATT AAC GCT TCA ATC TCG CCT GAG CTA TTT 480 Gln Ala Ser Leu Leu Gly Ile Asn Ala Ser Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Phe 145 150 155 160 AAT ATT CTG ACG GAG GAG ATT ACC GAA GGT AAT GCT GAG GAA CTT TAT 528 Asn Ile Leu Thr Glu Glu Ile Thr Glu Gly Asn Ala Glu Glu Leu Tyr 165 170 175 AAG AAA AAT TTT GGT AAT ATC GAA CCG GCC TCA TTG GCT ATG CCG GAA 576 Lys Lys Asn Phe Gly Asn Ile Glu Pro Ala Ser Leu Ala Met Pro Glu 180 185 190 TAC CTT AAA CGT TAT TAT AAT TTA AGC GAT GAA GAA CTT AGT CAG TTT 624 Tyr Leu Lys Arg Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Ser Asp Glu Glu Leu Ser Gln Phe 195 200 205 ATT GGT AAA GCC AGC AAT TTT GGT CAA CAG GAA TAT AGT AAT AAC CAA 672 Ile Gly Lys Ala Ser Asn Phe Gly Gln Gln Glu Tyr Ser Asn Asn Gln 210 215 220 CTT ATT ACT CCG GTA GTC AAC AGC AGT GAT GGC ACG GTT AAG GTA TAT 720 Leu Ile Thr Pro Val Val Asn Ser Ser Asp Gly Thr Val Lys Val Tyr 225 230 235 240 CGG ATC ACC CGC GAA TAT ACA ACC AAT GCT TAT CAA ATG GAT GTG GAG 768 Arg Ile Thr Arg Glu Tyr Thr Thr Asn Ala Tyr Gln Met Asp Val Glu 245 250 255 CTA TTT CCC TTC GGT GGT GAG AAT TAT CGG TTA GAT TAT AAA TTC AAA 816 Leu Phe Pro Phe Gly Gly Glu Asn Tyr Arg Leu Asp Tyr Lys Phe Lys 260 265 270 AAT TTT TAT AAT GCC TCT TAT TTA TCC ATC AAG TTA AAT GAT AAA AGA 864 Asn Phe Tyr Asn Ala Ser Tyr Leu Ser Ile Lys Leu Asn Asp Lys Arg 275 280 285 GAA CTT GTT CGA ACT GAA GGC GCT CCT CAA GTC AAT ATA GAA TAC TCC 912 Glu Leu Val Arg Thr Glu Gly Ala Pro Gln Val Asn Ile Glu Tyr Ser 290 295 300 GCA AAT ATC ACA TTA AAT ACC GCT GAT ATC AGT CAA CCT TTT GAA ATT 960 Ala Asn Ile Thr Leu Asn Thr Ala Asp Ile Ser Gln Pro Phe Glu Ile 305 310 315 320 GGC CTG ACA CGA GTA CTT CCT TCC GGT TCT TGG GCA TAT GCC GCC GCA 1008 Gly Leu Thr Arg Val Leu Pro Ser Gly Ser Trp Ala Tyr Ala Ala Ala 325 330 335 AAA TTT ACC GTT GAA GAG TAT AAC CAA TAC TCT TTT CTG CTA AAA CTT 1056 Lys Phe Thr Val Glu Glu Tyr Asn Gln Tyr Ser Phe Leu Leu Lys Leu 340 345 350 AAC AAG GCT ATT CGT CTA TCA CGT GCG ACA GAA TTG TCA CCC ACG ATT 1104 Asn Lys Ala Ile Arg Leu Ser Arg Ala Thr Glu Leu Ser Pro Thr Ile 355 360 365 CTG GAA GGC ATT GTG CGC AGT GTT AAT CTA CAA CTG GAT ATC AAC ACA 1152 Leu Glu Gly Ile Val Arg Ser Val Asn Leu Gln Leu Asp Ile Asn Thr 370 375 380 GAC GTA TTA GGT AAA GTT TTT CTG ACT AAA TAT TAT ATG CAG CGT TAT 1200 Asp Val Leu Gly Lys Val Phe Leu Thr Lys Tyr Tyr Met Gln Arg Tyr 385 390 395 400 GCT ATT CAT GCT GAA ACT GCC CTG ATA CTA TGC AAC GCG CCT ATT TCA 1248 Ala Ile His Ala Glu Thr Ala Leu Ile Leu Cys Asn Ala Pro Ile Ser 405 410 415 CAA CGT TCA TAT GAT AAT CAA CCT AGC CAA TTT GAT CGC CTG TTT AAT 1296 Gln Arg Ser Tyr Asp Asn Gln Pro Ser Gln Phe Asp Arg Leu Phe Asn 420 425 430 ACG CCA TTA CTG AAC GGA CAA TAT TTT TCT ACC GGC GAT GAG GAG ATT 1344 Thr Pro Leu Leu Asn Gly Gln Tyr Phe Ser Thr Gly Asp Glu Glu Ile 435 440 445 GAT TTA AAT TCA GGT AGC ACC GGC GAT TGG CGA AAA ACC ATA CTT AAG 1392 Asp Leu Asn Ser Gly Ser Thr Gly Asp Trp Arg Lys Thr Ile Leu Lys 450 455 460 CGT GCA TTT AAT ATT GAT GAT GTC TCG CTC TTC CGC CTG CTT AAA ATT 1440 Arg Ala Phe Asn Ile Asp Asp Val Ser Leu Phe Arg Leu Leu Lys Ile 465 470 475 480 ACC GAC CAT GAT AAT AAA GAT GGA AAA ATT AAA AAT AAC CTA AAG AAT 1488 Thr Asp His Asp Asn Lys Asp Gly Lys Ile Lys Asn Asn Leu Lys Asn 485 490 495 CTT TCC AAT TTA TAT ATT GGA AAA TTA CTG GCA GAT ATT CAT CAA TTA 1536 Leu Ser Asn Leu Tyr Ile Gly Lys Leu Leu Ala Asp Ile His Gln Leu 500 505 510 ACC ATT GAT GAA CTG GAT TTA TTA CTG ATT GCC GTA GGT GAA GGA AAA 1584 Thr Ile Asp Glu Leu Asp Leu Leu Leu Ile Ala Val Gly Glu Gly Lys 515 520 525 ACT AAT TTA TCC GCT ATC AGT GAT AAG CAA TTG GCT ACC CTG ATC AGA 1632 Thr Asn Leu Ser Ala Ile Ser Asp Lys Gln Leu Ala Thr Leu Ile Arg 530 535 540 AAA CTC AAT ACT ATT ACC AGC TGG CTA CAT ACA CAG AAG TGG AGT GTA 1680 Lys Leu Asn Thr Ile Thr Ser Trp Leu His Thr Gln Lys Trp Ser Val 545 550 555 560 TTC CAG CTA TTT ATC ATG ACC TCC ACC AGC TAT AAC AAA ACG CTA ACG 1728 Phe Gln Leu Phe Ile Met Thr Ser Thr Ser Tyr Asn Lys Thr Leu Thr 565 570 575 CCT GAA ATT AAG AAT TTG CTG GAT ACC GTC TAC CAC GGT TTA CAA GGT 1776 Pro Glu Ile Lys Asn Leu Leu Asp Thr Val Tyr His Gly Leu Gln Gly 580 585 590 TTT GAT AAA GAC AAA GCA GAT TTG CTA CAT GTC ATG GCG CCC TAT ATT 1824 Phe Asp Lys Asp Lys Ala Asp Leu Leu His Val Met Ala Pro Tyr Ile 595 600 605 GCG GCC ACC TTG CAA TTA TCA TCG GAA AAT GTC GCC CAC TCG GTA CTC 1872 Ala Ala Thr Leu Gln Leu Ser Ser Glu Asn Val Ala His Ser Val Leu 610 615 620 CTT TGG GCA GAT AAG TTA CAG CCC GGC GAC GGC GCA ATG ACA GCA GAA 1920 Leu Trp Ala Asp Lys Leu Gln Pro Gly Asp Gly Ala Met Thr Ala Glu 625 630 635 640 AAA TTC TGG GAC TGG TTG AAT ACT AAG TAT ACG CCG GGT TCA TCG GAA 1968 Lys Phe Trp Asp Trp Leu Asn Thr Lys Tyr Thr Pro Gly Ser Ser Glu 645 650 655 GCC GTA GAA ACG CAG GAA CAT ATC GTT CAG TAT TGT CAG GCT CTG GCA 2016 Ala Val Glu Thr Gln Glu His Ile Val Gln Tyr Cys Gln Ala Leu Ala 660 665 670 CAA TTG GAA ATG GTT TAC CAT TCC ACC GGC ATC AAC GAA AAC GCC TTC 2064 Gln Leu Glu Met Val Tyr His Ser Thr Gly Ile Asn Glu Asn Ala Phe 675 680 685 CGT CTA TTT GTG ACA AAA CCA GAG ATG TTT GGC GCT GCA ACT GGA GCA 2112 Arg Leu Phe Val Thr Lys Pro Glu Met Phe Gly Ala Ala Thr Gly Ala 690 695 700 GCG CCC GCG CAT GAT GCC CTT TCA CTG ATT ATG CTG ACA CGT TTT GCG 2160 Ala Pro Ala His Asp Ala Leu Ser Leu Ile Met Leu Thr Arg Phe Ala 705 710 715 720 GAT TGG GTG AAC GCA CTA GGC GAA AAA GCG TCC TCG GTG CTA GCG GCA 2208 Asp Trp Val Asn Ala Leu Gly Glu Lys Ala Ser Ser Val Leu Ala Ala 725 730 735 TTT GAA GCT AAC TCG TTA ACG GCA GAA CAA CTG GCT GAT GCC ATG AAT 2256 Phe Glu Ala Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala Glu Gln Leu Ala Asp Ala Met Asn 740 745 750 CTT GAT GCT AAT TTG CTG TTG CAA GCC AGT ATT CAA GCA CAA AAT CAT 2304 Leu Asp Ala Asn Leu Leu Leu Gln Ala Ser Ile Gln Ala Gln Asn His 755 760 765 CAA CAT CTT CCC CCA GTA ACT CCA GAA AAT GCG TTC TCC TGT TGG ACA 2352 Gln His Leu Pro Pro Val Thr Pro Glu Asn Ala Phe Ser Cys Trp Thr 770 775 780 TCT ATC AAT ACT ATC CTG CAA TGG GTT AAT GTC GCA CAA CAA TTG AAT 2400 Ser Ile Asn Thr Ile Leu Gln Trp Val Asn Val Ala Gln Gln Leu Asn 785 790 795 800 GTC GCC CCA CAG GGC GTT TCC GCT TTG GTC GGG CTG GAT TAT ATT CAA 2448 Val Ala Pro Gln Gly Val Ser Ala Leu Val Gly Leu Asp Tyr Ile Gln 805 810 815 TCA ATG AAA GAG ACA CCG ACC TAT GCC CAG TGG GAA AAC GCG GCA GGC 2496 Ser Met Lys Glu Thr Pro Thr Tyr Ala Gln Trp Glu Asn Ala Ala Gly 820 825 830 GTA TTA ACC GCC GGG TTG AAT TCA CAA CAG GCT AAT ACA TTA CAC GCT 2544 Val Leu Thr Ala Gly Leu Asn Ser Gln Gln Ala Asn Thr Leu His Ala 835 840 845 TTT CTG GAT GAA TCT CGC AGT GCC GCA TTA AGC ACC TAC TAT ATC CGT 2592 Phe Leu Asp Glu Ser Arg Ser Ala Ala Leu Ser Thr Tyr Tyr Ile Arg 850 855 860 CAA GTC GCC AAG GCA GCG GCG GCT ATT AAA AGC CGT GAT GAC TTG TAT 2640 Gln Val Ala Lys Ala Ala Ala Ala Ile Lys Ser Arg Asp Asp Leu Tyr 865 870 875 880 CAA TAC TTA CTG ATT GAT AAT CAG GTT TCT GCG GCA ATA AAA ACC ACC 2688 Gln Tyr Leu Leu Ile Asp Asn Gln Val Ser Ala Ala Ile Lys Thr Thr 885 890 895 CGG ATC GCC GAA GCC ATT GCC AGT ATT CAA CTG TAC GTC AAC CGG GCA 2736 Arg Ile Ala Glu Ala Ile Ala Ser Ile Gln Leu Tyr Val Asn Arg Ala 900 905 910 TTG GAA AAT GTG GAA GAA AAT GCC AAT TCG GGG GTT ATC AGC CGC CAA 2784 Leu Glu Asn Val Glu Glu Asn Ala Asn Ser Gly Val Ile Ser Arg Gln 915 920 925 TTC TTT ATC GAC TGG GAC AAA TAC AAT AAA CGC TAC AGC ACT TGG GCG 2832 Phe Phe Ile Asp Trp Asp Lys Tyr Asn Lys Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala 930 935 940 GGT GTT TCT CAA TTA GTT TAC TAC CCG GAA AAC TAT ATT GAT CCG ACC 2880 Gly Val Ser Gln Leu Val Tyr Tyr Pro Glu Asn Tyr Ile Asp Pro Thr 945 950 955 960 ATG CGT ATC GGA CAA ACC AAA ATG ATG GAC GCA TTA CTG CAA TCC GTC 2928 Met Arg Ile Gly Gln Thr Lys Met Met Asp Ala Leu Leu Gln Ser Val 965 970 975 AGC CAA AGC CAA TTA AAC GCC GAT ACC GTC GAA GAT GCC TTT ATG TCT 2976 Ser Gln Ser Gln Leu Asn Ala Asp Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Phe Met Ser 980 985 990 TAT CTG ACA TCG TTT GAA CAA GTG GCT AAT CTT AAA GTT ATT AGC GCA 3024 Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln Val Ala Asn Leu Lys Val Ile Ser Ala 995 1000 1005 TAT CAC GAT AAT ATT AAT AAC GAT CAA GGG CTG ACC TAT TTT ATC GGA 3072 Tyr His Asp Asn Ile Asn Asn Asp Gln Gly Leu Thr Tyr Phe Ile Gly 1010 1015 1020 CTC AGT GAA ACT GAT GCC GGT GAA TAT TAT TGG CGC AGT GTC GAT CAC 3120 Leu Ser Glu Thr Asp Ala Gly Glu Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Ser Val Asp His 1025 1030 1035 1040 AGT AAA TTC AAC GAC GGT AAA TTC GCG GCT AAT GCC TGG AGT GAA TGG 3168 Ser Lys Phe Asn Asp Gly Lys Phe Ala Ala Asn Ala Trp Ser Glu Trp 1045 1050 1055 CAT AAA ATT GAT TGT CCA ATT AAC CCT TAT AAA AGC ACT ATC CGT CCA 3216 His Lys Ile Asp Cys Pro Ile Asn Pro Tyr Lys Ser Thr Ile Arg Pro 1060 1065 1070 GTG ATA TAT AAA TCC CGC CTG TAT CTG CTC TGG TTG GAA CAA AAG GAG 3264 Val Ile Tyr Lys Ser Arg Leu Tyr Leu Leu Trp Leu Glu Gln Lys Glu 1075 1080 1085 ATC ACC AAA CAG ACA GGA AAT AGT AAA GAT GGC TAT CAA ACT GAA ACG 3312 Ile Thr Lys Gln Thr Gly Asn Ser Lys Asp Gly Tyr Gln Thr Glu Thr 1090 1095 1100 GAT TAT CGT TAT GAA CTA AAA TTG GCG CAT ATC CGC TAT GAT GGC ACT 3360 Asp Tyr Arg Tyr Glu Leu Lys Leu Ala His Ile Arg Tyr Asp Gly Thr 1105 1110 1115 1120 TGG AAT ACG CCA ATC ACC TTT GAT GTC AAT AAA AAA ATA TCC GAG CTA 3408 Trp Asn Thr Pro Ile Thr Phe Asp Val Asn Lys Lys Ile Ser Glu Leu 1125 1130 1135 AAA CTG GAA AAA AAT AGA GCG CCC GGA CTC TAT TGT GCC GGT TAT CAA 3456 Lys Leu Glu Lys Asn Arg Ala Pro Gly Leu Tyr Cys Ala Gly Tyr Gln 1140 1145 1150 GGT GAA GAT ACG TTG CTG GTG ATG TTT TAT AAC CAA CAA GAC ACA CTA 3504 Gly Glu Asp Thr Leu Leu Val Met Phe Tyr Asn Gln Gln Asp Thr Leu 1155 1160 1165 GAT AGT TAT AAA AAC GCT TCA ATG CAA GGA CTA TAT ATC TTT GCT GAT 3552 Asp Ser Tyr Lys Asn Ala Ser Met Gln Gly Leu Tyr Ile Phe Ala Asp 1170 1175 1180 ATG GCA TCC AAA GAT ATG ACC CCA GAA CAG AGC AAT GTT TAT CGG GAT 3600 Met Ala Ser Lys Asp Met Thr Pro Glu Gln Ser Asn Val Tyr Arg Asp 1185 1190 1195 1200 AAT AGC TAT CAA CAA TTT GAT ACC AAT AAT GTC AGA AGA GTG AAT AAC 3648 Asn Ser Tyr Gln Gln Phe Asp Thr Asn Asn Val Arg Arg Val Asn Asn 1205 1210 1215 CGC TAT GCA GAG GAT TAT GAG ATT CCT TCC TCG GTA AGT AGC CGT AAA 3696 Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Tyr Glu Ile Pro Ser Ser Val Ser Ser Arg Lys 1220 1225 1230 GAC TAT GGT TGG GGA GAT TAT TAC CTC AGC ATG GTA TAT AAC GGA GAT 3744 Asp Tyr Gly Trp Gly Asp Tyr Tyr Leu Ser Met Val Tyr Asn Gly Asp 1235 1240 1245 ATT CCA ACT ATC AAT TAC AAA GCC GCA TCA AGT GAT TTA AAA ATC TAT 3792 Ile Pro Thr Ile Asn Tyr Lys Ala Ala Ser Ser Asp Leu Lys Ile Tyr 1250 1255 1260 ATC TCA CCA AAA TTA AGA ATT ATT CAT AAT GGA TAT GAA GGA CAG AAG 3840 Ile Ser Pro Lys Leu Arg Ile Ile His Asn Gly Tyr Glu Gly Gln Lys 1265 1270 1275 1280 CGC AAT CAA TGC AAT CTG ATG AAT AAA TAT GGC AAA CTA GGT GAT AAA 3888 Arg Asn Gln Cys Asn Leu Met Asn Lys Tyr Gly Lys Leu Gly Asp Lys 1285 1290 1295 TTT ATT GTT TAT ACT AGC TTG GGG GTC AAT CCA AAT AAC TCG TCA AAT 3936 Phe Ile Val Tyr Thr Ser Leu Gly Val Asn Pro Asn Asn Ser Ser Asn 1300 1305 1310 AAG CTC ATG TTT TAC CCC GTC TAT CAA TAT AGC GGA AAC ACC AGT GGA 3984 Lys Leu Met Phe Tyr Pro Val Tyr Gln Tyr Ser Gly Asn Thr Ser Gly 1315 1320 1325 CTC AAT CAA GGG AGA CTA CTA TTC CAC CGT GAC ACC ACT TAT CCA TCT 4032 Leu Asn Gln Gly Arg Leu Leu Phe His Arg Asp Thr Thr Tyr Pro Ser 1330 1335 1340 AAA GTA GAA GCT TGG ATT CCT GGA GCA AAA CGT TCT CTA ACC AAC CAA 4080 Lys Val Glu Ala Trp Ile Pro Gly Ala Lys Arg Ser Leu Thr Asn Gln 1345 1350 1355 1360 AAT GCC GCC ATT GGT GAT GAT TAT GCT ACA GAC TCT CTG AAT AAA CCG 4128 Asn Ala Ala Ile Gly Asp Asp Tyr Ala Thr Asp Ser Leu Asn Lys Pro 1365 1370 1375 GAT GAT CTT AAG CAA TAT ATC TTT ATG ACT GAC AGT AAA GGG ACT GCT 4176 Asp Asp Leu Lys Gln Tyr Ile Phe Met Thr Asp Ser Lys Gly Thr Ala 1380 1385 1390 ACT GAT GTC TCA GGC CCA GTA GAG ATT AAT ACT GCA ATT TCT CCA GCA 4224 Thr Asp Val Ser Gly Pro Val Glu Ile Asn Thr Ala Ile Ser Pro Ala 1395 1400 1405 AAA GTT CAG ATA ATA GTC AAA GCG GGT GGC AAG GAG CAA ACT TTT ACC 4272 Lys Val Gln Ile Ile Val Lys Ala Gly Gly Lys Glu Gln Thr Phe Thr 1410 1415 1420 GCA GAT AAA GAT GTC TCC ATT CAG CCA TCA CCT AGC TTT GAT GAA ATG 4320 Ala Asp Lys Asp Val Ser Ile Gln Pro Ser Pro Ser Phe Asp Glu Met 1425 1430 1435 1440 AAT TAT CAA TTT AAT GCC CTT GAA ATA GAC GGT TCT GGT CTG AAT TTT 4368 Asn Tyr Gln Phe Asn Ala Leu Glu Ile Asp Gly Ser Gly Leu Asn Phe 1445 1450 1455 ATT AAC AAC TCA GCC AGT ATT GAT GTT ACT TTT ACC GCA TTT GCG GAG 4416 Ile Asn Asn Ser Ala Ser Ile Asp Val Thr Phe Thr Ala Phe Ala Glu 1460 1465 1470 GAT GGC CGC AAA CTG GGT TAT GAA AGT TTC AGT ATT CCT GTT ACC CTC 4464 Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu Gly Tyr Glu Ser Phe Ser Ile Pro Val Thr Leu 1475 1480 1485 AAG GTA AGT ACC GAT AAT GCC CTG ACC CTG CAC CAT AAT GAA AAT GGT 4512 Lys Val Ser Thr Asp Asn Ala Leu Thr Leu His His Asn Glu Asn Gly 1490 1495 1500 GCG CAA TAT ATG CAA TGG CAA TCC TAT CGT ACC CGC CTG AAT ACT CTA 4560 Ala Gln Tyr Met Gln Trp Gln Ser Tyr Arg Thr Arg Leu Asn Thr Leu 1505 1510 1515 1520 TTT GCC CGC CAG TTG GTT GCA CGC GCC ACC ACC GGA ATC GAT ACA ATT 4608 Phe Ala Arg Gln Leu Val Ala Arg Ala Thr Thr Gly Ile Asp Thr Ile 1525 1530 1535 CTG AGT ATG GAA ACT CAG AAT ATT CAG GAA CCG CAG TTA GGC AAA GGT 4656 Leu Ser Met Glu Thr Gln Asn Ile Gln Glu Pro Gln Leu Gly Lys Gly 1540 1545 1550 TTC TAT GCT ACG TTC GTG ATA CCT CCC TAT AAC CTA TCA ACT CAT GGT 4704 Phe Tyr Ala Thr Phe Val Ile Pro Pro Tyr Asn Leu Ser Thr His Gly 1555 1560 1565 GAT GAA CGT TGG TTT AAG CTT TAT ATC AAA CAT GTT GTT GAT AAT AAT 4752 Asp Glu Arg Trp Phe Lys Leu Tyr Ile Lys His Val Val Asp Asn Asn 1570 1575 1580 TCA CAT ATT ATC TAT TCA GGC CAG CTA ACA GAT ACA AAT ATA AAC ATC 4800 Ser His Ile Ile Tyr Ser Gly Gln Leu Thr Asp Thr Asn Ile Asn Ile 1585 1590 1595 1600 ACA TTA TTT ATT CCT CTT GAT GAT GTC CCA TTG AAT CAA GAT TAT CAC 4848 Thr Leu Phe Ile Pro Leu Asp Asp Val Pro Leu Asn Gln Asp Tyr His 1605 1610 1615 GCC AAG GTT TAT ATG ACC TTC AAG AAA TCA CCA TCA GAT GGT ACC TGG 4896 Ala Lys Val Tyr Met Thr Phe Lys Lys Ser Pro Ser Asp Gly Thr Trp 1620 1625 1630 TGG GGC CCT CAC TTT GTT AGA GAT GAT AAA GGA ATA GTA ACA ATA AAC 4944 Trp Gly Pro His Phe Val Arg Asp Asp Lys Gly Ile Val Thr Ile Asn 1635 1640 1645 CCT AAA TCC ATT TTG ACC CAT TTT GAG AGC GTC AAT GTC CTG AAT AAT 4992 Pro Lys Ser Ile Leu Thr His Phe Glu Ser Val Asn Val Leu Asn Asn 1650 1655 1660 ATT AGT AGC GAA CCA ATG GAT TTC AGC GGC GCT AAC AGC CTC TAT TTC 5040 Ile Ser Ser Glu Pro Met Asp Phe Ser Gly Ala Asn Ser Leu Tyr Phe 1665 1670 1675 1680 TGG GAA CTG TTC TAC TAT ACC CCG ATG CTG GTT GCT CAA CGT TTG CTG 5088 Trp Glu Leu Phe Tyr Tyr Thr Pro Met Leu Val Ala Gln Arg Leu Leu 1685 1690 1695 CAT GAA CAG AAC TTC GAT GAA GCC AAC CGT TGG CTG AAA TAT GTC TGG 5136 His Glu Gln Asn Phe Asp Glu Ala Asn Arg Trp Leu Lys Tyr Val Trp 1700 1705 1710 AGT CCA TCC GGT TAT ATT GTC CAC GGC CAG ATT CAG AAC TAC CAG TGG 5184 Ser Pro Ser Gly Tyr Ile Val His Gly Gln Ile Gln Asn Tyr Gln Trp 1715 1720 1725 AAC GTC CGC CCG TTA CTG GAA GAC ACC AGT TGG AAC AGT GAT CCT TTG 5232 Asn Val Arg Pro Leu Leu Glu Asp Thr Ser Trp Asn Ser Asp Pro Leu 1730 1735 1740 GAT TCC GTC GAT CCT GAC GCG GTA GCA CAG CAC GAT CCA ATG CAC TAC 5280 Asp Ser Val Asp Pro Asp Ala Val Ala Gln His Asp Pro Met His Tyr 1745 1750 1755 1760 AAA GTT TCA ACT TTT ATG CGT ACC TTG GAT CTA TTG ATA GCA CGC GGC 5328 Lys Val Ser Thr Phe Met Arg Thr Leu Asp Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Gly 1765 1770 1775 GAC CAT GCT TAT CGC CAA CTG GAA CGA GAT ACA CTC AAC GAA GCG AAG 5376 Asp His Ala Tyr Arg Gln Leu Glu Arg Asp Thr Leu Asn Glu Ala Lys 1780 1785 1790 ATG TGG TAT ATG CAA GCG CTG CAT CTA TTA GGT GAC AAA CCT TAT CTA 5424 Met Trp Tyr Met Gln Ala Leu His Leu Leu Gly Asp Lys Pro Tyr Leu 1795 1800 1805 CCG CTG AGT ACG ACA TGG AGT GAT CCA CGA CTA GAC AGA GCC GCG GAT 5472 Pro Leu Ser Thr Thr Trp Ser Asp Pro Arg Leu Asp Arg Ala Ala Asp 1810 1815 1820 ATC ACT ACC CAA AAT GCT CAC GAC AGC GCA ATA GTC GCT CTG CGG CAG 5520 Ile Thr Thr Gln Asn Ala His Asp Ser Ala Ile Val Ala Leu Arg Gln 1825 1830 1835 1840 AAT ATA CCT ACA CCG GCA CCT TTA TCA 5547 Asn Ile Pro Thr Pro Ala Pro Leu Ser 1845 1849 amino acids amino acids linear protein 49 Leu Ile Gly Tyr Asn Asn Gln Phe Ser Gly Arg Ala Ser Gln Tyr Val 1 5 10 15 Ala Pro Gly Thr Val Ser Ser Met Phe Ser Pro Ala Ala Tyr Leu Thr 20 25 30 Glu Leu Tyr Arg Glu Ala Arg Asn Leu His Ala Ser Asp Ser Val Tyr 35 40 45 Tyr Leu Asp Thr Arg Arg Pro Asp Leu Lys Ser Met Ala Leu Ser Gln 50 55 60 Gln Asn Met Asp Ile Glu Leu Ser Thr Leu Ser Leu Ser Asn Glu Leu 65 70 75 80 Leu Leu Glu Ser Ile Lys Thr Glu Ser Lys Leu Glu Asn Tyr Thr Lys 85 90 95 Val Met Glu Met Leu Ser Thr Phe Arg Pro Ser Gly Ala Thr Pro Tyr 100 105 110 His Asp Ala Tyr Glu Asn Val Arg Glu Val Ile Gln Leu Gln Asp Pro 115 120 125 Gly Leu Glu Gln Leu Asn Ala Ser Pro Ala Ile Ala Gly Leu Met His 130 135 140 Gln Ala Ser Leu Leu Gly Ile Asn Ala Ser Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Phe 145 150 155 160 Asn Ile Leu Thr Glu Glu Ile Thr Glu Gly Asn Ala Glu Glu Leu Tyr 165 170 175 Lys Lys Asn Phe Gly Asn Ile Glu Pro Ala Ser Leu Ala Met Pro Glu 180 185 190 Tyr Leu Lys Arg Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Ser Asp Glu Glu Leu Ser Gln Phe 195 200 205 Ile Gly Lys Ala Ser Asn Phe Gly Gln Gln Glu Tyr Ser Asn Asn Gln 210 215 220 Leu Ile Thr Pro Val Val Asn Ser Ser Asp Gly Thr Val Lys Val Tyr 225 230 235 240 Arg Ile Thr Arg Glu Tyr Thr Thr Asn Ala Tyr Gln Met Asp Val Glu 245 250 255 Leu Phe Pro Phe Gly Gly Glu Asn Tyr Arg Leu Asp Tyr Lys Phe Lys 260 265 270 Asn Phe Tyr Asn Ala Ser Tyr Leu Ser Ile Lys Leu Asn Asp Lys Arg 275 280 285 Glu Leu Val Arg Thr Glu Gly Ala Pro Gln Val Asn Ile Glu Tyr Ser 290 295 300 Ala Asn Ile Thr Leu Asn Thr Ala Asp Ile Ser Gln Pro Phe Glu Ile 305 310 315 320 Gly Leu Thr Arg Val Leu Pro Ser Gly Ser Trp Ala Tyr Ala Ala Ala 325 330 335 Lys Phe Thr Val Glu Glu Tyr Asn Gln Tyr Ser Phe Leu Leu Lys Leu 340 345 350 Asn Lys Ala Ile Arg Leu Ser Arg Ala Thr Glu Leu Ser Pro Thr Ile 355 360 365 Leu Glu Gly Ile Val Arg Ser Val Asn Leu Gln Leu Asp Ile Asn Thr 370 375 380 Asp Val Leu Gly Lys Val Phe Leu Thr Lys Tyr Tyr Met Gln Arg Tyr 385 390 395 400 Ala Ile His Ala Glu Thr Ala Leu Ile Leu Cys Asn Ala Pro Ile Ser 405 410 415 Gln Arg Ser Tyr Asp Asn Gln Pro Ser Gln Phe Asp Arg Leu Phe Asn 420 425 430 Thr Pro Leu Leu Asn Gly Gln Tyr Phe Ser Thr Gly Asp Glu Glu Ile 435 440 445 Asp Leu Asn Ser Gly Ser Thr Gly Asp Trp Arg Lys Thr Ile Leu Lys 450 455 460 Arg Ala Phe Asn Ile Asp Asp Val Ser Leu Phe Arg Leu Leu Lys Ile 465 470 475 480 Thr Asp His Asp Asn Lys Asp Gly Lys Ile Lys Asn Asn Leu Lys Asn 485 490 495 Leu Ser Asn Leu Tyr Ile Gly Lys Leu Leu Ala Asp Ile His Gln Leu 500 505 510 Thr Ile Asp Glu Leu Asp Leu Leu Leu Ile Ala Val Gly Glu Gly Lys 515 520 525 Thr Asn Leu Ser Ala Ile Ser Asp Lys Gln Leu Ala Thr Leu Ile Arg 530 535 540 Lys Leu Asn Thr Ile Thr Ser Trp Leu His Thr Gln Lys Trp Ser Val 545 550 555 560 Phe Gln Leu Phe Ile Met Thr Ser Thr Ser Tyr Asn Lys Thr Leu Thr 565 570 575 Pro Glu Ile Lys Asn Leu Leu Asp Thr Val Tyr His Gly Leu Gln Gly 580 585 590 Phe Asp Lys Asp Lys Ala Asp Leu Leu His Val Met Ala Pro Tyr Ile 595 600 605 Ala Ala Thr Leu Gln Leu Ser Ser Glu Asn Val Ala His Ser Val Leu 610 615 620 Leu Trp Ala Asp Lys Leu Gln Pro Gly Asp Gly Ala Met Thr Ala Glu 625 630 635 640 Lys Phe Trp Asp Trp Leu Asn Thr Lys Tyr Thr Pro Gly Ser Ser Glu 645 650 655 Ala Val Glu Thr Gln Glu His Ile Val Gln Tyr Cys Gln Ala Leu Ala 660 665 670 Gln Leu Glu Met Val Tyr His Ser Thr Gly Ile Asn Glu Asn Ala Phe 675 680 685 Arg Leu Phe Val Thr Lys Pro Glu Met Phe Gly Ala Ala Thr Gly Ala 690 695 700 Ala Pro Ala His Asp Ala Leu Ser Leu Ile Met Leu Thr Arg Phe Ala 705 710 715 720 Asp Trp Val Asn Ala Leu Gly Glu Lys Ala Ser Ser Val Leu Ala Ala 725 730 735 Phe Glu Ala Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala Glu Gln Leu Ala Asp Ala Met Asn 740 745 750 Leu Asp Ala Asn Leu Leu Leu Gln Ala Ser Ile Gln Ala Gln Asn His 755 760 765 Gln His Leu Pro Pro Val Thr Pro Glu Asn Ala Phe Ser Cys Trp Thr 770 775 780 Ser Ile Asn Thr Ile Leu Gln Trp Val Asn Val Ala Gln Gln Leu Asn 785 790 795 800 Val Ala Pro Gln Gly Val Ser Ala Leu Val Gly Leu Asp Tyr Ile Gln 805 810 815 Ser Met Lys Glu Thr Pro Thr Tyr Ala Gln Trp Glu Asn Ala Ala Gly 820 825 830 Val Leu Thr Ala Gly Leu Asn Ser Gln Gln Ala Asn Thr Leu His Ala 835 840 845 Phe Leu Asp Glu Ser Arg Ser Ala Ala Leu Ser Thr Tyr Tyr Ile Arg 850 855 860 Gln Val Ala Lys Ala Ala Ala Ala Ile Lys Ser Arg Asp Asp Leu Tyr 865 870 875 880 Gln Tyr Leu Leu Ile Asp Asn Gln Val Ser Ala Ala Ile Lys Thr Thr 885 890 895 Arg Ile Ala Glu Ala Ile Ala Ser Ile Gln Leu Tyr Val Asn Arg Ala 900 905 910 Leu Glu Asn Val Glu Glu Asn Ala Asn Ser Gly Val Ile Ser Arg Gln 915 920 925 Phe Phe Ile Asp Trp Asp Lys Tyr Asn Lys Arg Tyr Ser Thr Trp Ala 930 935 940 Gly Val Ser Gln Leu Val Tyr Tyr Pro Glu Asn Tyr Ile Asp Pro Thr 945 950 955 960 Met Arg Ile Gly Gln Thr Lys Met Met Asp Ala Leu Leu Gln Ser Val 965 970 975 Ser Gln Ser Gln Leu Asn Ala Asp Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Phe Met Ser 980 985 990 Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln Val Ala Asn Leu Lys Val Ile Ser Ala 995 1000 1005 Tyr His Asp Asn Ile Asn Asn Asp Gln Gly Leu Thr Tyr Phe Ile Gly 1010 1015 1020 Leu Ser Glu Thr Asp Ala Gly Glu Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Ser Val Asp His 1025 1030 1035 1040 Ser Lys Phe Asn Asp Gly Lys Phe Ala Ala Asn Ala Trp Ser Glu Trp 1045 1050 1055 His Lys Ile Asp Cys Pro Ile Asn Pro Tyr Lys Ser Thr Ile Arg Pro 1060 1065 1070 Val Ile Tyr Lys Ser Arg Leu Tyr Leu Leu Trp Leu Glu Gln Lys Glu 1075 1080 1085 Ile Thr Lys Gln Thr Gly Asn Ser Lys Asp Gly Tyr Gln Thr Glu Thr 1090 1095 1100 Asp Tyr Arg Tyr Glu Leu Lys Leu Ala His Ile Arg Tyr Asp Gly Thr 1105 1110 1115 1120 Trp Asn Thr Pro Ile Thr Phe Asp Val Asn Lys Lys Ile Ser Glu Leu 1125 1130 1135 Lys Leu Glu Lys Asn Arg Ala Pro Gly Leu Tyr Cys Ala Gly Tyr Gln 1140 1145 1150 Gly Glu Asp Thr Leu Leu Val Met Phe Tyr Asn Gln Gln Asp Thr Leu 1155 1160 1165 Asp Ser Tyr Lys Asn Ala Ser Met Gln Gly Leu Tyr Ile Phe Ala Asp 1170 1175 1180 Met Ala Ser Lys Asp Met Thr Pro Glu Gln Ser Asn Val Tyr Arg Asp 1185 1190 1195 1200 Asn Ser Tyr Gln Gln Phe Asp Thr Asn Asn Val Arg Arg Val Asn Asn 1205 1210 1215 Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Tyr Glu Ile Pro Ser Ser Val Ser Ser Arg Lys 1220 1225 1230 Asp Tyr Gly Trp Gly Asp Tyr Tyr Leu Ser Met Val Tyr Asn Gly Asp 1235 1240 1245 Ile Pro Thr Ile Asn Tyr Lys Ala Ala Ser Ser Asp Leu Lys Ile Tyr 1250 1255 1260 Ile Ser Pro Lys Leu Arg Ile Ile His Asn Gly Tyr Glu Gly Gln Lys 1265 1270 1275 1280 Arg Asn Gln Cys Asn Leu Met Asn Lys Tyr Gly Lys Leu Gly Asp Lys 1285 1290 1295 Phe Ile Val Tyr Thr Ser Leu Gly Val Asn Pro Asn Asn Ser Ser Asn 1300 1305 1310 Lys Leu Met Phe Tyr Pro Val Tyr Gln Tyr Ser Gly Asn Thr Ser Gly 1315 1320 1325 Leu Asn Gln Gly Arg Leu Leu Phe His Arg Asp Thr Thr Tyr Pro Ser 1330 1335 1340 Lys Val Glu Ala Trp Ile Pro Gly Ala Lys Arg Ser Leu Thr Asn Gln 1345 1350 1355 1360 Asn Ala Ala Ile Gly Asp Asp Tyr Ala Thr Asp Ser Leu Asn Lys Pro 1365 1370 1375 Asp Asp Leu Lys Gln Tyr Ile Phe Met Thr Asp Ser Lys Gly Thr Ala 1380 1385 1390 Thr Asp Val Ser Gly Pro Val Glu Ile Asn Thr Ala Ile Ser Pro Ala 1395 1400 1405 Lys Val Gln Ile Ile Val Lys Ala Gly Gly Lys Glu Gln Thr Phe Thr 1410 1415 1420 Ala Asp Lys Asp Val Ser Ile Gln Pro Ser Pro Ser Phe Asp Glu Met 1425 1430 1435 1440 Asn Tyr Gln Phe Asn Ala Leu Glu Ile Asp Gly Ser Gly Leu Asn Phe 1445 1450 1455 Ile Asn Asn Ser Ala Ser Ile Asp Val Thr Phe Thr Ala Phe Ala Glu 1460 1465 1470 Asp Gly Arg Lys Leu Gly Tyr Glu Ser Phe Ser Ile Pro Val Thr Leu 1475 1480 1485 Lys Val Ser Thr Asp Asn Ala Leu Thr Leu His His Asn Glu Asn Gly 1490 1495 1500 Ala Gln Tyr Met Gln Trp Gln Ser Tyr Arg Thr Arg Leu Asn Thr Leu 1505 1510 1515 1520 Phe Ala Arg Gln Leu Val Ala Arg Ala Thr Thr Gly Ile Asp Thr Ile 1525 1530 1535 Leu Ser Met Glu Thr Gln Asn Ile Gln Glu Pro Gln Leu Gly Lys Gly 1540 1545 1550 Phe Tyr Ala Thr Phe Val Ile Pro Pro Tyr Asn Leu Ser Thr His Gly 1555 1560 1565 Asp Glu Arg Trp Phe Lys Leu Tyr Ile Lys His Val Val Asp Asn Asn 1570 1575 1580 Ser His Ile Ile Tyr Ser Gly Gln Leu Thr Asp Thr Asn Ile Asn Ile 1585 1590 1595 1600 Thr Leu Phe Ile Pro Leu Asp Asp Val Pro Leu Asn Gln Asp Tyr His 1605 1610 1615 Ala Lys Val Tyr Met Thr Phe Lys Lys Ser Pro Ser Asp Gly Thr Trp 1620 1625 1630 Trp Gly Pro His Phe Val Arg Asp Asp Lys Gly Ile Val Thr Ile Asn 1635 1640 1645 Pro Lys Ser Ile Leu Thr His Phe Glu Ser Val Asn Val Leu Asn Asn 1650 1655 1660 Ile Ser Ser Glu Pro Met Asp Phe Ser Gly Ala Asn Ser Leu Tyr Phe 1665 1670 1675 1680 Trp Glu Leu Phe Tyr Tyr Thr Pro Met Leu Val Ala Gln Arg Leu Leu 1685 1690 1695 His Glu Gln Asn Phe Asp Glu Ala Asn Arg Trp Leu Lys Tyr Val Trp 1700 1705 1710 Ser Pro Ser Gly Tyr Ile Val His Gly Gln Ile Gln Asn Tyr Gln Trp 1715 1720 1725 Asn Val Arg Pro Leu Leu Glu Asp Thr Ser Trp Asn Ser Asp Pro Leu 1730 1735 1740 Asp Ser Val Asp Pro Asp Ala Val Ala Gln His Asp Pro Met His Tyr 1745 1750 1755 1760 Lys Val Ser Thr Phe Met Arg Thr Leu Asp Leu Leu Ile Ala Arg Gly 1765 1770 1775 Asp His Ala Tyr Arg Gln Leu Glu Arg Asp Thr Leu Asn Glu Ala Lys 1780 1785 1790 Met Trp Tyr Met Gln Ala Leu His Leu Leu Gly Asp Lys Pro Tyr Leu 1795 1800 1805 Pro Leu Ser Thr Thr Trp Ser Asp Pro Arg Leu Asp Arg Ala Ala Asp 1810 1815 1820 Ile Thr Thr Gln Asn Ala His Asp Ser Ala Ile Val Ala Leu Arg Gln 1825 1830 1835 1840 Asn Ile Pro Thr Pro Ala Pro Leu Ser 1845 1740 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) 50 TTG CGC AGC GCT AAT ACC CTG ACT GAT CTC TTC CTG CCG CAA ATC AAT 48 Leu Arg Ser Ala Asn Thr Leu Thr Asp Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln Ile Asn 1 5 10 15 GAA GTG ATG ATG AAT TAC TGG CAG ACA TTA GCT CAG AGA GTA TAC AAT 96 Glu Val Met Met Asn Tyr Trp Gln Thr Leu Ala Gln Arg Val Tyr Asn 20 25 30 CTG CGT CAT AAC CTC TCT ATC GAC GGC CAG CCG TTA TAT CTG CCA ATC 144 Leu Arg His Asn Leu Ser Ile Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu Tyr Leu Pro Ile 35 40 45 TAT GCC ACA CCG GCC GAT CCG AAA GCG TTA CTC AGC GCC GCC GTT GCC 192 Tyr Ala Thr Pro Ala Asp Pro Lys Ala Leu Leu Ser Ala Ala Val Ala 50 55 60 ACT TCT CAA GGT GGA GGC AAG CTA CCG GAA TCA TTT ATG TCC CTG TGG 240 Thr Ser Gln Gly Gly Gly Lys Leu Pro Glu Ser Phe Met Ser Leu Trp 65 70 75 80 CGT TTC CCG CAC ATG CTG GAA AAT GCG CGC GGC ATG GTT AGC CAG CTC 288 Arg Phe Pro His Met Leu Glu Asn Ala Arg Gly Met Val Ser Gln Leu 85 90 95 ACC CAG TTC GGC TCC ACG TTA CAA AAT ATT ATC GAA CGT CAG GAC GCG 336 Thr Gln Phe Gly Ser Thr Leu Gln Asn Ile Ile Glu Arg Gln Asp Ala 100 105 110 GAA GCG CTC AAT GCG TTA TTA CAA AAT CAG GCC GCC GAG CTG ATA TTG 384 Glu Ala Leu Asn Ala Leu Leu Gln Asn Gln Ala Ala Glu Leu Ile Leu 115 120 125 ACT AAC CTG AGC ATT CAG GAC AAA ACC ATT GAA GAA TTG GAT GCC GAG 432 Thr Asn Leu Ser Ile Gln Asp Lys Thr Ile Glu Glu Leu Asp Ala Glu 130 135 140 AAA ACG GTG TTG GAA AAA TCC AAA GCG GGA GCA CAA TCG CGC TTT GAT 480 Lys Thr Val Leu Glu Lys Ser Lys Ala Gly Ala Gln Ser Arg Phe Asp 145 150 155 160 AGC TAC GGC AAA CTG TAC GAT GAG AAT ATC AAC GCC GGT GAA AAC CAA 528 Ser Tyr Gly Lys Leu Tyr Asp Glu Asn Ile Asn Ala Gly Glu Asn Gln 165 170 175 GCC ATG ACG CTA CGA GCG TCC GCC GCC GGG CTT ACC ACG GCA GTT CAG 576 Ala Met Thr Leu Arg Ala Ser Ala Ala Gly Leu Thr Thr Ala Val Gln 180 185 190 GCA TCC CGT CTG GCC GGT GCG GCG GCT GAT CTG GTG CCT AAC ATC TTC 624 Ala Ser Arg Leu Ala Gly Ala Ala Ala Asp Leu Val Pro Asn Ile Phe 195 200 205 GGC TTT GCC GGT GGC GGC AGC CGT TGG GGG GCT ATC GCT GAG GCG ACA 672 Gly Phe Ala Gly Gly Gly Ser Arg Trp Gly Ala Ile Ala Glu Ala Thr 210 215 220 GGT TAT GTG ATG GAA TTC TCC GCG AAT GTT ATG AAC ACC GAA GCG GAT 720 Gly Tyr Val Met Glu Phe Ser Ala Asn Val Met Asn Thr Glu Ala Asp 225 230 235 240 AAA ATT AGC CAA TCT GAA ACC TAC CGT CGT CGC CGT CAG GAG TGG GAG 768 Lys Ile Ser Gln Ser Glu Thr Tyr Arg Arg Arg Arg Gln Glu Trp Glu 245 250 255 ATC CAG CGG AAT AAT GCC GAA GCG GAA TTG AAG CAA ATC GAT GCT CAG 816 Ile Gln Arg Asn Asn Ala Glu Ala Glu Leu Lys Gln Ile Asp Ala Gln 260 265 270 CTC AAA TCA CTC GCT GTA CGC CGC GAA GCC GCC GTA TTG CAG AAA ACC 864 Leu Lys Ser Leu Ala Val Arg Arg Glu Ala Ala Val Leu Gln Lys Thr 275 280 285 AGT CTG AAA ACC CAA CAA GAA CAG ACC CAA TCT CAA TTG GCC TTC CTG 912 Ser Leu Lys Thr Gln Gln Glu Gln Thr Gln Ser Gln Leu Ala Phe Leu 290 295 300 CAA CGT AAG TTC AGC AAT CAG GCG TTA TAC AAC TGG CTG CGT GGT CGA 960 Gln Arg Lys Phe Ser Asn Gln Ala Leu Tyr Asn Trp Leu Arg Gly Arg 305 310 315 320 CTG GCG GCG ATT TAC TTC CAG TTC TAC GAT TTG GCC GTC GCG CGT TGC 1008 Leu Ala Ala Ile Tyr Phe Gln Phe Tyr Asp Leu Ala Val Ala Arg Cys 325 330 335 CTG ATG GCA GAA CAA GCT TAC CGT TGG GAA CTC AAT GAT GAC TCT GCC 1056 Leu Met Ala Glu Gln Ala Tyr Arg Trp Glu Leu Asn Asp Asp Ser Ala 340 345 350 CGC TTC ATT AAA CCG GGC GCC TGG CAG GGA ACC TAT GCC GGT CTG CTT 1104 Arg Phe Ile Lys Pro Gly Ala Trp Gln Gly Thr Tyr Ala Gly Leu Leu 355 360 365 GCA GGT GAA ACC TTG ATG CTG AGT CTG GCA CAA ATG GAA GAC GCT CAT 1152 Ala Gly Glu Thr Leu Met Leu Ser Leu Ala Gln Met Glu Asp Ala His 370 375 380 CTG AAA CGC GAT AAA CGC GCA TTA GAG GTT GAA CGC ACA GTA TCG CTG 1200 Leu Lys Arg Asp Lys Arg Ala Leu Glu Val Glu Arg Thr Val Ser Leu 385 390 395 400 GCC GAA GTT TAT GCA GGA TTA CCA AAA GAT AAC GGT CCA TTT TCC CTG 1248 Ala Glu Val Tyr Ala Gly Leu Pro Lys Asp Asn Gly Pro Phe Ser Leu 405 410 415 GCT CAG GAA ATT GAC AAG CTG GTG AGT CAA GGT TCA GGC AGT GCC GGC 1296 Ala Gln Glu Ile Asp Lys Leu Val Ser Gln Gly Ser Gly Ser Ala Gly 420 425 430 AGT GGT AAT AAT AAT TTG GCG TTC GGC GCC GGC ACG GAC ACT AAA ACC 1344 Ser Gly Asn Asn Asn Leu Ala Phe Gly Ala Gly Thr Asp Thr Lys Thr 435 440 445 TCT TTG CAG GCA TCA GTT TCA TTC GCT GAT TTG AAA ATT CGT GAA GAT 1392 Ser Leu Gln Ala Ser Val Ser Phe Ala Asp Leu Lys Ile Arg Glu Asp 450 455 460 TAC CCG GCA TCG CTT GGC AAA ATT CGA CGT ATC AAA CAG ATC AGC GTC 1440 Tyr Pro Ala Ser Leu Gly Lys Ile Arg Arg Ile Lys Gln Ile Ser Val 465 470 475 480 ACT TTG CCC GCG CTA CTG GGA CCG TAT CAG GAT GTA CAG GCA ATA TTG 1488 Thr Leu Pro Ala Leu Leu Gly Pro Tyr Gln Asp Val Gln Ala Ile Leu 485 490 495 TCT TAC GGC GAT AAA GCC GGA TTA GCT AAC GGC TGT GAA GCG CTG GCA 1536 Ser Tyr Gly Asp Lys Ala Gly Leu Ala Asn Gly Cys Glu Ala Leu Ala 500 505 510 GTT TCT CAC GGT ATG AAT GAC AGC GGC CAA TTC CAG CTC GAT TTC AAC 1584 Val Ser His Gly Met Asn Asp Ser Gly Gln Phe Gln Leu Asp Phe Asn 515 520 525 GAT GGC AAA TTC CTG CCA TTC GAA GGC ATC GCC ATT GAT CAA GGC ACG 1632 Asp Gly Lys Phe Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Ile Ala Ile Asp Gln Gly Thr 530 535 540 CTG ACA CTG AGC TTC CCA AAT GCA TCT ATG CCG GAG AAA GGT AAA CAA 1680 Leu Thr Leu Ser Phe Pro Asn Ala Ser Met Pro Glu Lys Gly Lys Gln 545 550 555 560 GCC ACT ATG TTA AAA ACC CTG AAC GAT ATC ATT TTG CAT ATT CGC TAC 1728 Ala Thr Met Leu Lys Thr Leu Asn Asp Ile Ile Leu His Ile Arg Tyr 565 570 575 ACC ATT AAA TAA 1740 Thr Ile Lys 579 amino acids amino acids linear protein 51 Leu Arg Ser Ala Asn Thr Leu Thr Asp Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln Ile Asn 1 5 10 15 Glu Val Met Met Asn Tyr Trp Gln Thr Leu Ala Gln Arg Val Tyr Asn 20 25 30 Leu Arg His Asn Leu Ser Ile Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu Tyr Leu Pro Ile 35 40 45 Tyr Ala Thr Pro Ala Asp Pro Lys Ala Leu Leu Ser Ala Ala Val Ala 50 55 60 Thr Ser Gln Gly Gly Gly Lys Leu Pro Glu Ser Phe Met Ser Leu Trp 65 70 75 80 Arg Phe Pro His Met Leu Glu Asn Ala Arg Gly Met Val Ser Gln Leu 85 90 95 Thr Gln Phe Gly Ser Thr Leu Gln Asn Ile Ile Glu Arg Gln Asp Ala 100 105 110 Glu Ala Leu Asn Ala Leu Leu Gln Asn Gln Ala Ala Glu Leu Ile Leu 115 120 125 Thr Asn Leu Ser Ile Gln Asp Lys Thr Ile Glu Glu Leu Asp Ala Glu 130 135 140 Lys Thr Val Leu Glu Lys Ser Lys Ala Gly Ala Gln Ser Arg Phe Asp 145 150 155 160 Ser Tyr Gly Lys Leu Tyr Asp Glu Asn Ile Asn Ala Gly Glu Asn Gln 165 170 175 Ala Met Thr Leu Arg Ala Ser Ala Ala Gly Leu Thr Thr Ala Val Gln 180 185 190 Ala Ser Arg Leu Ala Gly Ala Ala Ala Asp Leu Val Pro Asn Ile Phe 195 200 205 Gly Phe Ala Gly Gly Gly Ser Arg Trp Gly Ala Ile Ala Glu Ala Thr 210 215 220 Gly Tyr Val Met Glu Phe Ser Ala Asn Val Met Asn Thr Glu Ala Asp 225 230 235 240 Lys Ile Ser Gln Ser Glu Thr Tyr Arg Arg Arg Arg Gln Glu Trp Glu 245 250 255 Ile Gln Arg Asn Asn Ala Glu Ala Glu Leu Lys Gln Ile Asp Ala Gln 260 265 270 Leu Lys Ser Leu Ala Val Arg Arg Glu Ala Ala Val Leu Gln Lys Thr 275 280 285 Ser Leu Lys Thr Gln Gln Glu Gln Thr Gln Ser Gln Leu Ala Phe Leu 290 295 300 Gln Arg Lys Phe Ser Asn Gln Ala Leu Tyr Asn Trp Leu Arg Gly Arg 305 310 315 320 Leu Ala Ala Ile Tyr Phe Gln Phe Tyr Asp Leu Ala Val Ala Arg Cys 325 330 335 Leu Met Ala Glu Gln Ala Tyr Arg Trp Glu Leu Asn Asp Asp Ser Ala 340 345 350 Arg Phe Ile Lys Pro Gly Ala Trp Gln Gly Thr Tyr Ala Gly Leu Leu 355 360 365 Ala Gly Glu Thr Leu Met Leu Ser Leu Ala Gln Met Glu Asp Ala His 370 375 380 Leu Lys Arg Asp Lys Arg Ala Leu Glu Val Glu Arg Thr Val Ser Leu 385 390 395 400 Ala Glu Val Tyr Ala Gly Leu Pro Lys Asp Asn Gly Pro Phe Ser Leu 405 410 415 Ala Gln Glu Ile Asp Lys Leu Val Ser Gln Gly Ser Gly Ser Ala Gly 420 425 430 Ser Gly Asn Asn Asn Leu Ala Phe Gly Ala Gly Thr Asp Thr Lys Thr 435 440 445 Ser Leu Gln Ala Ser Val Ser Phe Ala Asp Leu Lys Ile Arg Glu Asp 450 455 460 Tyr Pro Ala Ser Leu Gly Lys Ile Arg Arg Ile Lys Gln Ile Ser Val 465 470 475 480 Thr Leu Pro Ala Leu Leu Gly Pro Tyr Gln Asp Val Gln Ala Ile Leu 485 490 495 Ser Tyr Gly Asp Lys Ala Gly Leu Ala Asn Gly Cys Glu Ala Leu Ala 500 505 510 Val Ser His Gly Met Asn Asp Ser Gly Gln Phe Gln Leu Asp Phe Asn 515 520 525 Asp Gly Lys Phe Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Ile Ala Ile Asp Gln Gly Thr 530 535 540 Leu Thr Leu Ser Phe Pro Asn Ala Ser Met Pro Glu Lys Gly Lys Gln 545 550 555 560 Ala Thr Met Leu Lys Thr Leu Asn Asp Ile Ile Leu His Ile Arg Tyr 565 570 575 Thr Ile Lys 5532 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) 52 TTT ATA CAA GGT TAT AGT GAT CTG TTT GGT AAT CGT GCT GAT AAC TAT 48 Phe Ile Gln Gly Tyr Ser Asp Leu Phe Gly Asn Arg Ala Asp Asn Tyr 1 5 10 15 GCC GCG CCG GGC TCG GTT GCA TCG ATG TTC TCA CCG GCG GCT TAT TTG 96 Ala Ala Pro Gly Ser Val Ala Ser Met Phe Ser Pro Ala Ala Tyr Leu 20 25 30 ACG GAA TTG TAC CGT GAA GCC AAA AAC TTG CAT GAC AGC AGC TCA ATT 144 Thr Glu Leu Tyr Arg Glu Ala Lys Asn Leu His Asp Ser Ser Ser Ile 35 40 45 TAT TAC CTA GAT AAA CGT CGC CCG GAT TTA GCA AGC TTA ATG CTC AGC 192 Tyr Tyr Leu Asp Lys Arg Arg Pro Asp Leu Ala Ser Leu Met Leu Ser 50 55 60 CAG AAA AAT ATG GAT GAG GAA ATT TCA ACG CTG GCT CTC TCT AAT GAA 240 Gln Lys Asn Met Asp Glu Glu Ile Ser Thr Leu Ala Leu Ser Asn Glu 65 70 75 80 TTG TGC CTT GCC GGG ATC GAA ACA AAA ACA GGA AAA TCA CAA GAT GAA 288 Leu Cys Leu Ala Gly Ile Glu Thr Lys Thr Gly Lys Ser Gln Asp Glu 85 90 95 GTG ATG GAT ATG TTG TCA ACT TAT CGT TTA AGT GGA GAG ACA CCT TAT 336 Val Met Asp Met Leu Ser Thr Tyr Arg Leu Ser Gly Glu Thr Pro Tyr 100 105 110 CAT CAC GCT TAT GAA ACT GTT CGT GAA ATC GTT CAT GAA CGT GAT CCA 384 His His Ala Tyr Glu Thr Val Arg Glu Ile Val His Glu Arg Asp Pro 115 120 125 GGA TTT CGT CAT TTG TCA CAG GCA CCC ATT GTT GCT GCT AAG CTC GAT 432 Gly Phe Arg His Leu Ser Gln Ala Pro Ile Val Ala Ala Lys Leu Asp 130 135 140 CCT GTG ACT TTG TTG GGT ATT AGC TCC CAT ATT TCG CCA GAA CTG TAT 480 Pro Val Thr Leu Leu Gly Ile Ser Ser His Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Tyr 145 150 155 160 AAC TTG CTG ATT GAG GAG ATC CCG GAA AAA GAT GAA GCC GCG CTT GAT 528 Asn Leu Leu Ile Glu Glu Ile Pro Glu Lys Asp Glu Ala Ala Leu Asp 165 170 175 ACG CTT TAT AAA ACA AAC TTT GGC GAT ATT ACT ACT GCT CAG TTA ATG 576 Thr Leu Tyr Lys Thr Asn Phe Gly Asp Ile Thr Thr Ala Gln Leu Met 180 185 190 TCC CCA AGT TAT CTG GCC CGG TAT TAT GGC GTC TCA CCG GAA GAT ATT 624 Ser Pro Ser Tyr Leu Ala Arg Tyr Tyr Gly Val Ser Pro Glu Asp Ile 195 200 205 GCC TAC GTG ACG ACT TCA TTA TCA CAT GTT GGA TAT AGC AGT GAT ATT 672 Ala Tyr Val Thr Thr Ser Leu Ser His Val Gly Tyr Ser Ser Asp Ile 210 215 220 CTG GTT ATT CCG TTG GTC GAT GGT GTG GGT AAG ATG GAA GTA GTT CGT 720 Leu Val Ile Pro Leu Val Asp Gly Val Gly Lys Met Glu Val Val Arg 225 230 235 240 GTT ACC CGA ACA CCA TCG GAT AAT TAT ACC AGT CAG ACG AAT TAT ATT 768 Val Thr Arg Thr Pro Ser Asp Asn Tyr Thr Ser Gln Thr Asn Tyr Ile 245 250 255 GAG CTG TAT CCA CAG GGT GGC GAC AAT TAT TTG ATC AAA TAC AAT CTA 816 Glu Leu Tyr Pro Gln Gly Gly Asp Asn Tyr Leu Ile Lys Tyr Asn Leu 260 265 270 AGC AAT AGT TTT GGT TTG GAT GAT TTT TAT CTG CAA TAT AAA GAT GGT 864 Ser Asn Ser Phe Gly Leu Asp Asp Phe Tyr Leu Gln Tyr Lys Asp Gly 275 280 285 TCC GCT GAT TGG ACT GAG ATT GCC CAT AAT CCC TAT CCT GAT ATG GTC 912 Ser Ala Asp Trp Thr Glu Ile Ala His Asn Pro Tyr Pro Asp Met Val 290 295 300 ATA AAT CAA AAG TAT GAA TCA CAG GCG ACA ATC AAA CGT AGT GAC TCT 960 Ile Asn Gln Lys Tyr Glu Ser Gln Ala Thr Ile Lys Arg Ser Asp Ser 305 310 315 320 GAC AAT ATA CTC AGT ATA GGG TTA CAA AGA TGG CAT AGC GGT AGT TAT 1008 Asp Asn Ile Leu Ser Ile Gly Leu Gln Arg Trp His Ser Gly Ser Tyr 325 330 335 AAT TTT GCC GCC GCC AAT TTT AAA ATT GAC CAA TAC TCC CCG AAA GCT 1056 Asn Phe Ala Ala Ala Asn Phe Lys Ile Asp Gln Tyr Ser Pro Lys Ala 340 345 350 TTC CTG CTT AAA ATG AAT AAG GCT ATT CGG TTG CTC AAA GCT ACC GGC 1104 Phe Leu Leu Lys Met Asn Lys Ala Ile Arg Leu Leu Lys Ala Thr Gly 355 360 365 CTC TCT TTT GCT ACG TTG GAG CGT ATT GTT GAT AGT GTT AAT AGC ACC 1152 Leu Ser Phe Ala Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile Val Asp Ser Val Asn Ser Thr 370 375 380 AAA TCC ATC ACG GTT GAG GTA TTA AAC AAG GTT TAT CGG GTA AAA TTC 1200 Lys Ser Ile Thr Val Glu Val Leu Asn Lys Val Tyr Arg Val Lys Phe 385 390 395 400 TAT ATT GAT CGT TAT GGC ATC AGT GAA GAG ACA GCC GCT ATT TTG GCT 1248 Tyr Ile Asp Arg Tyr Gly Ile Ser Glu Glu Thr Ala Ala Ile Leu Ala 405 410 415 AAT ATT AAT ATC TCT CAG CAA GCT GTT GGC AAT CAG CTT AGC CAG TTT 1296 Asn Ile Asn Ile Ser Gln Gln Ala Val Gly Asn Gln Leu Ser Gln Phe 420 425 430 GAG CAA CTA TTT AAT CAC CCG CCG CTC AAT GGT ATT CGC TAT GAA ATC 1344 Glu Gln Leu Phe Asn His Pro Pro Leu Asn Gly Ile Arg Tyr Glu Ile 435 440 445 AGT GAG GAC AAC TCC AAA CAT CTT CCT AAT CCT GAT CTG AAC CTT AAA 1392 Ser Glu Asp Asn Ser Lys His Leu Pro Asn Pro Asp Leu Asn Leu Lys 450 455 460 CCA GAC AGT ACC GGT GAT GAT CAA CGC AAG GCG GTT TTA AAA CGC GCG 1440 Pro Asp Ser Thr Gly Asp Asp Gln Arg Lys Ala Val Leu Lys Arg Ala 465 470 475 480 TTT CAG GTT AAC GCC AGT GAG TTG TAT CAG ATG TTA TTG ATC ACT GAT 1488 Phe Gln Val Asn Ala Ser Glu Leu Tyr Gln Met Leu Leu Ile Thr Asp 485 490 495 CGT AAA GAA GAC GGT GTT ATC AAA AAT AAC TTA GAG AAT TTG TCT GAT 1536 Arg Lys Glu Asp Gly Val Ile Lys Asn Asn Leu Glu Asn Leu Ser Asp 500 505 510 CTG TAT TTG GTT AGT TTG CTG GCC CAG ATT CAT AAC CTG ACT ATT GCT 1584 Leu Tyr Leu Val Ser Leu Leu Ala Gln Ile His Asn Leu Thr Ile Ala 515 520 525 GAA TTG AAC ATT TTG TTG GTG ATT TGT GGC TAT GGC GAC ACC AAC ATT 1632 Glu Leu Asn Ile Leu Leu Val Ile Cys Gly Tyr Gly Asp Thr Asn Ile 530 535 540 TAT CAG ATT ACC GAC GAT AAT TTA GCC AAA ATA GTG GAA ACA TTG TTG 1680 Tyr Gln Ile Thr Asp Asp Asn Leu Ala Lys Ile Val Glu Thr Leu Leu 545 550 555 560 TGG ATC ACT CAA TGG TTG AAG ACC CAA AAA TGG ACA GTT ACC GAC CTG 1728 Trp Ile Thr Gln Trp Leu Lys Thr Gln Lys Trp Thr Val Thr Asp Leu 565 570 575 TTT CTG ATG ACC ACG GCC ACT TAC AGC ACC ACT TTA ACG CCA GAA ATT 1776 Phe Leu Met Thr Thr Ala Thr Tyr Ser Thr Thr Leu Thr Pro Glu Ile 580 585 590 AGC AAT CTG ACG GCT ACG TTG TCT TCA ACT TTG CAT GGC AAA GAG AGT 1824 Ser Asn Leu Thr Ala Thr Leu Ser Ser Thr Leu His Gly Lys Glu Ser 595 600 605 CTG ATT GGG GAA GAT CTG AAA AGA GCA ATG GCG CCT TGC TTC ACT TCG 1872 Leu Ile Gly Glu Asp Leu Lys Arg Ala Met Ala Pro Cys Phe Thr Ser 610 615 620 GCT TTG CAT TTG ACT TCT CAA GAA GTT GCG TAT GAC CTG CTG TTG TGG 1920 Ala Leu His Leu Thr Ser Gln Glu Val Ala Tyr Asp Leu Leu Leu Trp 625 630 635 640 ATA GAC CAG ATT CAA CCG GCA CAA ATA ACT GTT GAT GGG TTT TGG GAA 1968 Ile Asp Gln Ile Gln Pro Ala Gln Ile Thr Val Asp Gly Phe Trp Glu 645 650 655 GAA GTG CAA ACA ACA CCA ACC AGC TTG AAG GTG ATT ACC TTT GCT CAG 2016 Glu Val Gln Thr Thr Pro Thr Ser Leu Lys Val Ile Thr Phe Ala Gln 660 665 670 GTG CTG GCA CAA TTG AGC CTG ATC TAT CGT CGT ATT GGG TTA AGT GAA 2064 Val Leu Ala Gln Leu Ser Leu Ile Tyr Arg Arg Ile Gly Leu Ser Glu 675 680 685 ACG GAA CTG TCA CTG ATC GTG ACT CAA TCT TCT CTG CTA GTG GCA GGC 2112 Thr Glu Leu Ser Leu Ile Val Thr Gln Ser Ser Leu Leu Val Ala Gly 690 695 700 AAA AGC ATA CTG GAT CAC GGT CTG TTA ACC CTG ATG GCC TTG GAA GGT 2160 Lys Ser Ile Leu Asp His Gly Leu Leu Thr Leu Met Ala Leu Glu Gly 705 710 715 720 TTT CAT ACC TGG GTT AAT GGC TTG GGG CAA CAT GCC TCC TTG ATA TTG 2208 Phe His Thr Trp Val Asn Gly Leu Gly Gln His Ala Ser Leu Ile Leu 725 730 735 GCG GCG TTG AAA GAC GGA GCC TTG ACA GTT ACC GAT GTA GCA CAA GCT 2256 Ala Ala Leu Lys Asp Gly Ala Leu Thr Val Thr Asp Val Ala Gln Ala 740 745 750 ATG AAT AAG GAG GAA TCT CTC CTA CAA ATG GCA GCT AAT CAG GTG GAG 2304 Met Asn Lys Glu Glu Ser Leu Leu Gln Met Ala Ala Asn Gln Val Glu 755 760 765 AAG GAT CTA ACA AAA CTG ACC AGT TGG ACA CAG ATT GAC GCT ATT CTG 2352 Lys Asp Leu Thr Lys Leu Thr Ser Trp Thr Gln Ile Asp Ala Ile Leu 770 775 780 CAA TGG TTA CAG ATG TCT TCG GCC TTG GCG GTT TCT CCA CTG GAT CTG 2400 Gln Trp Leu Gln Met Ser Ser Ala Leu Ala Val Ser Pro Leu Asp Leu 785 790 795 800 GCA GGG ATG ATG GCC CTG AAA TAT GGG ATA GAT CAT AAC TAT GCT GCC 2448 Ala Gly Met Met Ala Leu Lys Tyr Gly Ile Asp His Asn Tyr Ala Ala 805 810 815 TGG CAA GCT GCG GCG GCT GCG CTG ATG GCT GAT CAT GCT AAT CAG GCA 2496 Trp Gln Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Leu Met Ala Asp His Ala Asn Gln Ala 820 825 830 CAG AAA AAA CTG GAT GAG ACG TTC AGT AAG GCA TTA TGT AAC TAT TAT 2544 Gln Lys Lys Leu Asp Glu Thr Phe Ser Lys Ala Leu Cys Asn Tyr Tyr 835 840 845 ATT AAT GCT GTT GTC GAT AGT GCT GCT GGA GTA CGT GAT CGT AAC GGT 2592 Ile Asn Ala Val Val Asp Ser Ala Ala Gly Val Arg Asp Arg Asn Gly 850 855 860 TTA TAT ACC TAT TTG CTG ATT GAT AAT CAG GTT TCT GCC GAT GTG ATC 2640 Leu Tyr Thr Tyr Leu Leu Ile Asp Asn Gln Val Ser Ala Asp Val Ile 865 870 875 880 ACT TCA CGT ATT GCA GAA GCT ATC GCC GGT ATT CAA CTG TAC GTT AAC 2688 Thr Ser Arg Ile Ala Glu Ala Ile Ala Gly Ile Gln Leu Tyr Val Asn 885 890 895 CGG GCT TTA AAC CGA GAT GAA GGT CAG CTT GCA TCG GAC GTT AGT ACC 2736 Arg Ala Leu Asn Arg Asp Glu Gly Gln Leu Ala Ser Asp Val Ser Thr 900 905 910 CGT CAG TTC TTC ACT GAC TGG GAA CGT TAC AAT AAA CGT TAC AGT ACT 2784 Arg Gln Phe Phe Thr Asp Trp Glu Arg Tyr Asn Lys Arg Tyr Ser Thr 915 920 925 TGG GCT GGT GTC TCT GAA CTG GTC TAT TAT CCA GAA AAC TAT GTT GAT 2832 Trp Ala Gly Val Ser Glu Leu Val Tyr Tyr Pro Glu Asn Tyr Val Asp 930 935 940 CCC ACT CAG CGC ATT GGG CAA ACC AAA ATG ATG GAT GCG CTG TTG CAA 2880 Pro Thr Gln Arg Ile Gly Gln Thr Lys Met Met Asp Ala Leu Leu Gln 945 950 955 960 TCC ATC AAC CAG AGC CAG CTA AAT GCG GAT ACG GTG GAA GAT GCT TTC 2928 Ser Ile Asn Gln Ser Gln Leu Asn Ala Asp Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Phe 965 970 975 AAA ACT TAT TTG ACC AGC TTT GAG CAG GTA GCA AAT CTG AAA GTA ATT 2976 Lys Thr Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln Val Ala Asn Leu Lys Val Ile 980 985 990 AGT GCT TAC CAC GAT AAT GTG AAT GTG GAT CAA GGA TTA ACT TAT TTT 3024 Ser Ala Tyr His Asp Asn Val Asn Val Asp Gln Gly Leu Thr Tyr Phe 995 1000 1005 ATC GGT ATC GAC CAA GCA GCT CCG GGT ACG TAT TAC TGG CGT AGT GTT 3072 Ile Gly Ile Asp Gln Ala Ala Pro Gly Thr Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Ser Val 1010 1015 1020 GAT CAC AGC AAA TGT GAA AAT GGC AAG TTT GCC GCT AAT GCT TGG GGT 3120 Asp His Ser Lys Cys Glu Asn Gly Lys Phe Ala Ala Asn Ala Trp Gly 1025 1030 1035 1040 GAG TGG AAT AAA ATT ACC TGT GCT GTC AAT CCT TGG AAA AAT ATC ATC 3168 Glu Trp Asn Lys Ile Thr Cys Ala Val Asn Pro Trp Lys Asn Ile Ile 1045 1050 1055 CGT CCG GTT GTT TAT ATG TCC CGC TTA TAT CTG CTA TGG CTG GAG CAG 3216 Arg Pro Val Val Tyr Met Ser Arg Leu Tyr Leu Leu Trp Leu Glu Gln 1060 1065 1070 CAA TCA AAG AAA AGT GAT GAT GGT AAA ACC ACG ATT TAT CAA TAT AAC 3264 Gln Ser Lys Lys Ser Asp Asp Gly Lys Thr Thr Ile Tyr Gln Tyr Asn 1075 1080 1085 TTA AAA CTG GCT CAT ATT CGT TAC GAC GGT AGT TGG AAT ACA CCA TTT 3312 Leu Lys Leu Ala His Ile Arg Tyr Asp Gly Ser Trp Asn Thr Pro Phe 1090 1095 1100 ACT TTT GAT GTG ACA GAA AAG GTA AAA AAT TAC ACG TCG AGT ACT GAT 3360 Thr Phe Asp Val Thr Glu Lys Val Lys Asn Tyr Thr Ser Ser Thr Asp 1105 1110 1115 1120 GCT GCT GAA TCT TTA GGG TTG TAT TGT ACT GGT TAT CAA GGG GAA GAC 3408 Ala Ala Glu Ser Leu Gly Leu Tyr Cys Thr Gly Tyr Gln Gly Glu Asp 1125 1130 1135 ACT CTA TTA GTT ATG TTC TAT TCG ATG CAG AGT AGT TAT AGC TCC TAT 3456 Thr Leu Leu Val Met Phe Tyr Ser Met Gln Ser Ser Tyr Ser Ser Tyr 1140 1145 1150 ACC GAT AAT AAT GCG CCG GTC ACT GGG CTA TAT ATT TTC GCT GAT ATG 3504 Thr Asp Asn Asn Ala Pro Val Thr Gly Leu Tyr Ile Phe Ala Asp Met 1155 1160 1165 TCA TCA GAC AAT ATG ACG AAT GCA CAA GCA ACT AAC TAT TGG AAT AAC 3552 Ser Ser Asp Asn Met Thr Asn Ala Gln Ala Thr Asn Tyr Trp Asn Asn 1170 1175 1180 AGT TAT CCG CAA TTT GAT ACT GTG ATG GCA GAT CCG GAT AGC GAC AAT 3600 Ser Tyr Pro Gln Phe Asp Thr Val Met Ala Asp Pro Asp Ser Asp Asn 1185 1190 1195 1200 AAA AAA GTC ATA ACC AGA AGA GTT AAT AAC CGT TAT GCG GAG GAT TAT 3648 Lys Lys Val Ile Thr Arg Arg Val Asn Asn Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Tyr 1205 1210 1215 GAA ATT CCT TCC TCT GTG ACA AGT AAC AGT AAT TAT TCT TGG GGT GAT 3696 Glu Ile Pro Ser Ser Val Thr Ser Asn Ser Asn Tyr Ser Trp Gly Asp 1220 1225 1230 CAC AGT TTA ACC ATG CTT TAT GGT GGT AGT GTT CCT AAT ATT ACT TTT 3744 His Ser Leu Thr Met Leu Tyr Gly Gly Ser Val Pro Asn Ile Thr Phe 1235 1240 1245 GAA TCG GCG GCA GAA GAT TTA AGG CTA TCT ACC AAT ATG GCA TTG AGT 3792 Glu Ser Ala Ala Glu Asp Leu Arg Leu Ser Thr Asn Met Ala Leu Ser 1250 1255 1260 ATT ATT CAT AAT GGA TAT GCG GGA ACC CGC CGT ATA CAA TGT AAT CTT 3840 Ile Ile His Asn Gly Tyr Ala Gly Thr Arg Arg Ile Gln Cys Asn Leu 1265 1270 1275 1280 ATG AAA CAA TAC GCT TCA TTA GGT GAT AAA TTT ATA ATT TAT GAT TCA 3888 Met Lys Gln Tyr Ala Ser Leu Gly Asp Lys Phe Ile Ile Tyr Asp Ser 1285 1290 1295 TCA TTT GAT GAT GCA AAC CGT TTT AAT CTG GTG CCA TTG TTT AAA TTC 3936 Ser Phe Asp Asp Ala Asn Arg Phe Asn Leu Val Pro Leu Phe Lys Phe 1300 1305 1310 GGA AAA GAC GAG AAC TCA GAT GAT AGT ATT TGT ATA TAT AAT GAA AAC 3984 Gly Lys Asp Glu Asn Ser Asp Asp Ser Ile Cys Ile Tyr Asn Glu Asn 1315 1320 1325 CCT TCC TCT GAA GAT AAG AAG TGG TAT TTT TCT TCG AAA GAT GAC AAT 4032 Pro Ser Ser Glu Asp Lys Lys Trp Tyr Phe Ser Ser Lys Asp Asp Asn 1330 1335 1340 AAA ACA GCG GAT TAT AAT GGT GGA ACT CAA TGT ATA GAT GCT GGA ACC 4080 Lys Thr Ala Asp Tyr Asn Gly Gly Thr Gln Cys Ile Asp Ala Gly Thr 1345 1350 1355 1360 AGT AAC AAA GAT TTT TAT TAT AAT CTC CAG GAG ATT GAA GTA ATT AGT 4128 Ser Asn Lys Asp Phe Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Gln Glu Ile Glu Val Ile Ser 1365 1370 1375 GTT ACT GGT GGG TAT TGG TCG AGT TAT AAA ATA TCC AAC CCG ATT AAT 4176 Val Thr Gly Gly Tyr Trp Ser Ser Tyr Lys Ile Ser Asn Pro Ile Asn 1380 1385 1390 ATC AAT ACG GGC ATT GAT AGT GCT AAA GTA AAA GTC ACC GTA AAA GCG 4224 Ile Asn Thr Gly Ile Asp Ser Ala Lys Val Lys Val Thr Val Lys Ala 1395 1400 1405 GGT GGT GAC GAT CAA ATC TTT ACT GCT GAT AAT AGT ACC TAT GTT CCT 4272 Gly Gly Asp Asp Gln Ile Phe Thr Ala Asp Asn Ser Thr Tyr Val Pro 1410 1415 1420 CAG CAA CCG GCA CCC AGT TTT GAG GAG ATG ATT TAT CAG TTC AAT AAC 4320 Gln Gln Pro Ala Pro Ser Phe Glu Glu Met Ile Tyr Gln Phe Asn Asn 1425 1430 1435 1440 CTG ACA ATA GAT TGT AAG AAT TTA AAT TTC ATC GAC AAT CAG GCA CAT 4368 Leu Thr Ile Asp Cys Lys Asn Leu Asn Phe Ile Asp Asn Gln Ala His 1445 1450 1455 ATT GAG ATT GAT TTC ACC GCT ACG GCA CAA GAT GGC CGA TTC TTG GGT 4416 Ile Glu Ile Asp Phe Thr Ala Thr Ala Gln Asp Gly Arg Phe Leu Gly 1460 1465 1470 GCA GAA ACT TTT ATT ATC CCG GTA ACT AAA AAA GTT CTC GGT ACT GAG 4464 Ala Glu Thr Phe Ile Ile Pro Val Thr Lys Lys Val Leu Gly Thr Glu 1475 1480 1485 AAC GTG ATT GCG TTA TAT AGC GAA AAT AAC GGT GTT CAA TAT ATG CAA 4512 Asn Val Ile Ala Leu Tyr Ser Glu Asn Asn Gly Val Gln Tyr Met Gln 1490 1495 1500 ATT GGC GCA TAT CGT ACC CGT TTG AAT ACG TTA TTC GCT CAA CAG TTG 4560 Ile Gly Ala Tyr Arg Thr Arg Leu Asn Thr Leu Phe Ala Gln Gln Leu 1505 1510 1515 1520 GTT AGC CGT GCT AAT CGT GGC ATT GAT GCA GTG CTC AGT ATG GAA ACT 4608 Val Ser Arg Ala Asn Arg Gly Ile Asp Ala Val Leu Ser Met Glu Thr 1525 1530 1535 CAG AAT ATT CAG GAA CCG CAA TTA GGA GCG GGC ACA TAT GTG CAG CTT 4656 Gln Asn Ile Gln Glu Pro Gln Leu Gly Ala Gly Thr Tyr Val Gln Leu 1540 1545 1550 GTG TTG GAT AAA TAT GAT GAG TCT ATT CAT GGC ACT AAT AAA AGC TTT 4704 Val Leu Asp Lys Tyr Asp Glu Ser Ile His Gly Thr Asn Lys Ser Phe 1555 1560 1565 GCT ATT GAA TAT GTT GAT ATA TTT AAA GAG AAC GAT AGT TTT GTG ATT 4752 Ala Ile Glu Tyr Val Asp Ile Phe Lys Glu Asn Asp Ser Phe Val Ile 1570 1575 1580 TAT CAA GGA GAA CTT AGC GAA ACA AGT CAA ACT GTT GTG AAA GTT TTC 4800 Tyr Gln Gly Glu Leu Ser Glu Thr Ser Gln Thr Val Val Lys Val Phe 1585 1590 1595 1600 TTA TCC TAT TTT ATA GAG GCG ACT GGA AAT AAG AAC CAC TTA TGG GTA 4848 Leu Ser Tyr Phe Ile Glu Ala Thr Gly Asn Lys Asn His Leu Trp Val 1605 1610 1615 CGT GCT AAA TAC CAA AAG GAA ACG ACT GAT AAG ATC TTG TTC GAC CGT 4896 Arg Ala Lys Tyr Gln Lys Glu Thr Thr Asp Lys Ile Leu Phe Asp Arg 1620 1625 1630 ACT GAT GAG AAA GAT CCG CAC GGT TGG TTT CTC AGC GAC GAT CAC AAG 4944 Thr Asp Glu Lys Asp Pro His Gly Trp Phe Leu Ser Asp Asp His Lys 1635 1640 1645 ACC TTT AGT GGT CTC TCT TCC GCA CAG GCA TTA AAG AAC GAC AGT GAA 4992 Thr Phe Ser Gly Leu Ser Ser Ala Gln Ala Leu Lys Asn Asp Ser Glu 1650 1655 1660 CCG ATG GAT TTC TCT GGC GCC AAT GCT CTC TAT TTC TGG GAA CTG TTC 5040 Pro Met Asp Phe Ser Gly Ala Asn Ala Leu Tyr Phe Trp Glu Leu Phe 1665 1670 1675 1680 TAT TAC ACG CCG ATG ATG ATG GCT CAT CGT TTG TTG CAG GAA CAG AAT 5088 Tyr Tyr Thr Pro Met Met Met Ala His Arg Leu Leu Gln Glu Gln Asn 1685 1690 1695 TTT GAT GCG GCG AAC CAT TGG TTC CGT TAT GTC TGG AGT CCA TCC GGT 5136 Phe Asp Ala Ala Asn His Trp Phe Arg Tyr Val Trp Ser Pro Ser Gly 1700 1705 1710 TAT ATC GTT GAT GGT AAA ATT GCT ATC TAC CAC TGG AAC GTG CGA CCG 5184 Tyr Ile Val Asp Gly Lys Ile Ala Ile Tyr His Trp Asn Val Arg Pro 1715 1720 1725 CTG GAA GAA GAC ACC AGT TGG AAT GCA CAA CAA CTG GAC TCC ACC GAT 5232 Leu Glu Glu Asp Thr Ser Trp Asn Ala Gln Gln Leu Asp Ser Thr Asp 1730 1735 1740 CCA GAT GCT GTA GCC CAA GAT GAT CCG ATG CAC TAC AAG GTG GCT ACC 5280 Pro Asp Ala Val Ala Gln Asp Asp Pro Met His Tyr Lys Val Ala Thr 1745 1750 1755 1760 TTT ATG GCG ACG TTG GAT CTG CTA ATG GCC CGT GGT GAT GCT GCT TAC 5328 Phe Met Ala Thr Leu Asp Leu Leu Met Ala Arg Gly Asp Ala Ala Tyr 1765 1770 1775 CGC CAG TTA GAG CGT GAT ACG TTG GCT GAA GCT AAA ATG TGG TAT ACA 5376 Arg Gln Leu Glu Arg Asp Thr Leu Ala Glu Ala Lys Met Trp Tyr Thr 1780 1785 1790 CAG GCG CTT AAT CTG TTG GGT GAT GAG CCA CAA GTG ATG CTG AGT ACG 5424 Gln Ala Leu Asn Leu Leu Gly Asp Glu Pro Gln Val Met Leu Ser Thr 1795 1800 1805 ACT TGG GCT AAT CCA ACA TTG GGT AAT GCT GCT TCA AAA ACC ACA CAG 5472 Thr Trp Ala Asn Pro Thr Leu Gly Asn Ala Ala Ser Lys Thr Thr Gln 1810 1815 1820 CAG GTT CGT CAG CAA GTG CTT ACC CAG TTG CGT CTC AAT AGC AGG GTA 5520 Gln Val Arg Gln Gln Val Leu Thr Gln Leu Arg Leu Asn Ser Arg Val 1825 1830 1835 1840 AAA ACC CCG TTG 5532 Lys Thr Pro Leu 1844 1844 amino acids amino acids linear protein 53 Phe Ile Gln Gly Tyr Ser Asp Leu Phe Gly Asn Arg Ala Asp Asn Tyr 1 5 10 15 Ala Ala Pro Gly Ser Val Ala Ser Met Phe Ser Pro Ala Ala Tyr Leu 20 25 30 Thr Glu Leu Tyr Arg Glu Ala Lys Asn Leu His Asp Ser Ser Ser Ile 35 40 45 Tyr Tyr Leu Asp Lys Arg Arg Pro Asp Leu Ala Ser Leu Met Leu Ser 50 55 60 Gln Lys Asn Met Asp Glu Glu Ile Ser Thr Leu Ala Leu Ser Asn Glu 65 70 75 80 Leu Cys Leu Ala Gly Ile Glu Thr Lys Thr Gly Lys Ser Gln Asp Glu 85 90 95 Val Met Asp Met Leu Ser Thr Tyr Arg Leu Ser Gly Glu Thr Pro Tyr 100 105 110 His His Ala Tyr Glu Thr Val Arg Glu Ile Val His Glu Arg Asp Pro 115 120 125 Gly Phe Arg His Leu Ser Gln Ala Pro Ile Val Ala Ala Lys Leu Asp 130 135 140 Pro Val Thr Leu Leu Gly Ile Ser Ser His Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Tyr 145 150 155 160 Asn Leu Leu Ile Glu Glu Ile Pro Glu Lys Asp Glu Ala Ala Leu Asp 165 170 175 Thr Leu Tyr Lys Thr Asn Phe Gly Asp Ile Thr Thr Ala Gln Leu Met 180 185 190 Ser Pro Ser Tyr Leu Ala Arg Tyr Tyr Gly Val Ser Pro Glu Asp Ile 195 200 205 Ala Tyr Val Thr Thr Ser Leu Ser His Val Gly Tyr Ser Ser Asp Ile 210 215 220 Leu Val Ile Pro Leu Val Asp Gly Val Gly Lys Met Glu Val Val Arg 225 230 235 240 Val Thr Arg Thr Pro Ser Asp Asn Tyr Thr Ser Gln Thr Asn Tyr Ile 245 250 255 Glu Leu Tyr Pro Gln Gly Gly Asp Asn Tyr Leu Ile Lys Tyr Asn Leu 260 265 270 Ser Asn Ser Phe Gly Leu Asp Asp Phe Tyr Leu Gln Tyr Lys Asp Gly 275 280 285 Ser Ala Asp Trp Thr Glu Ile Ala His Asn Pro Tyr Pro Asp Met Val 290 295 300 Ile Asn Gln Lys Tyr Glu Ser Gln Ala Thr Ile Lys Arg Ser Asp Ser 305 310 315 320 Asp Asn Ile Leu Ser Ile Gly Leu Gln Arg Trp His Ser Gly Ser Tyr 325 330 335 Asn Phe Ala Ala Ala Asn Phe Lys Ile Asp Gln Tyr Ser Pro Lys Ala 340 345 350 Phe Leu Leu Lys Met Asn Lys Ala Ile Arg Leu Leu Lys Ala Thr Gly 355 360 365 Leu Ser Phe Ala Thr Leu Glu Arg Ile Val Asp Ser Val Asn Ser Thr 370 375 380 Lys Ser Ile Thr Val Glu Val Leu Asn Lys Val Tyr Arg Val Lys Phe 385 390 395 400 Tyr Ile Asp Arg Tyr Gly Ile Ser Glu Glu Thr Ala Ala Ile Leu Ala 405 410 415 Asn Ile Asn Ile Ser Gln Gln Ala Val Gly Asn Gln Leu Ser Gln Phe 420 425 430 Glu Gln Leu Phe Asn His Pro Pro Leu Asn Gly Ile Arg Tyr Glu Ile 435 440 445 Ser Glu Asp Asn Ser Lys His Leu Pro Asn Pro Asp Leu Asn Leu Lys 450 455 460 Pro Asp Ser Thr Gly Asp Asp Gln Arg Lys Ala Val Leu Lys Arg Ala 465 470 475 480 Phe Gln Val Asn Ala Ser Glu Leu Tyr Gln Met Leu Leu Ile Thr Asp 485 490 495 Arg Lys Glu Asp Gly Val Ile Lys Asn Asn Leu Glu Asn Leu Ser Asp 500 505 510 Leu Tyr Leu Val Ser Leu Leu Ala Gln Ile His Asn Leu Thr Ile Ala 515 520 525 Glu Leu Asn Ile Leu Leu Val Ile Cys Gly Tyr Gly Asp Thr Asn Ile 530 535 540 Tyr Gln Ile Thr Asp Asp Asn Leu Ala Lys Ile Val Glu Thr Leu Leu 545 550 555 560 Trp Ile Thr Gln Trp Leu Lys Thr Gln Lys Trp Thr Val Thr Asp Leu 565 570 575 Phe Leu Met Thr Thr Ala Thr Tyr Ser Thr Thr Leu Thr Pro Glu Ile 580 585 590 Ser Asn Leu Thr Ala Thr Leu Ser Ser Thr Leu His Gly Lys Glu Ser 595 600 605 Leu Ile Gly Glu Asp Leu Lys Arg Ala Met Ala Pro Cys Phe Thr Ser 610 615 620 Ala Leu His Leu Thr Ser Gln Glu Val Ala Tyr Asp Leu Leu Leu Trp 625 630 635 640 Ile Asp Gln Ile Gln Pro Ala Gln Ile Thr Val Asp Gly Phe Trp Glu 645 650 655 Glu Val Gln Thr Thr Pro Thr Ser Leu Lys Val Ile Thr Phe Ala Gln 660 665 670 Val Leu Ala Gln Leu Ser Leu Ile Tyr Arg Arg Ile Gly Leu Ser Glu 675 680 685 Thr Glu Leu Ser Leu Ile Val Thr Gln Ser Ser Leu Leu Val Ala Gly 690 695 700 Lys Ser Ile Leu Asp His Gly Leu Leu Thr Leu Met Ala Leu Glu Gly 705 710 715 720 Phe His Thr Trp Val Asn Gly Leu Gly Gln His Ala Ser Leu Ile Leu 725 730 735 Ala Ala Leu Lys Asp Gly Ala Leu Thr Val Thr Asp Val Ala Gln Ala 740 745 750 Met Asn Lys Glu Glu Ser Leu Leu Gln Met Ala Ala Asn Gln Val Glu 755 760 765 Lys Asp Leu Thr Lys Leu Thr Ser Trp Thr Gln Ile Asp Ala Ile Leu 770 775 780 Gln Trp Leu Gln Met Ser Ser Ala Leu Ala Val Ser Pro Leu Asp Leu 785 790 795 800 Ala Gly Met Met Ala Leu Lys Tyr Gly Ile Asp His Asn Tyr Ala Ala 805 810 815 Trp Gln Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Leu Met Ala Asp His Ala Asn Gln Ala 820 825 830 Gln Lys Lys Leu Asp Glu Thr Phe Ser Lys Ala Leu Cys Asn Tyr Tyr 835 840 845 Ile Asn Ala Val Val Asp Ser Ala Ala Gly Val Arg Asp Arg Asn Gly 850 855 860 Leu Tyr Thr Tyr Leu Leu Ile Asp Asn Gln Val Ser Ala Asp Val Ile 865 870 875 880 Thr Ser Arg Ile Ala Glu Ala Ile Ala Gly Ile Gln Leu Tyr Val Asn 885 890 895 Arg Ala Leu Asn Arg Asp Glu Gly Gln Leu Ala Ser Asp Val Ser Thr 900 905 910 Arg Gln Phe Phe Thr Asp Trp Glu Arg Tyr Asn Lys Arg Tyr Ser Thr 915 920 925 Trp Ala Gly Val Ser Glu Leu Val Tyr Tyr Pro Glu Asn Tyr Val Asp 930 935 940 Pro Thr Gln Arg Ile Gly Gln Thr Lys Met Met Asp Ala Leu Leu Gln 945 950 955 960 Ser Ile Asn Gln Ser Gln Leu Asn Ala Asp Thr Val Glu Asp Ala Phe 965 970 975 Lys Thr Tyr Leu Thr Ser Phe Glu Gln Val Ala Asn Leu Lys Val Ile 980 985 990 Ser Ala Tyr His Asp Asn Val Asn Val Asp Gln Gly Leu Thr Tyr Phe 995 1000 1005 Ile Gly Ile Asp Gln Ala Ala Pro Gly Thr Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Ser Val 1010 1015 1020 Asp His Ser Lys Cys Glu Asn Gly Lys Phe Ala Ala Asn Ala Trp Gly 1025 1030 1035 1040 Glu Trp Asn Lys Ile Thr Cys Ala Val Asn Pro Trp Lys Asn Ile Ile 1045 1050 1055 Arg Pro Val Val Tyr Met Ser Arg Leu Tyr Leu Leu Trp Leu Glu Gln 1060 1065 1070 Gln Ser Lys Lys Ser Asp Asp Gly Lys Thr Thr Ile Tyr Gln Tyr Asn 1075 1080 1085 Leu Lys Leu Ala His Ile Arg Tyr Asp Gly Ser Trp Asn Thr Pro Phe 1090 1095 1100 Thr Phe Asp Val Thr Glu Lys Val Lys Asn Tyr Thr Ser Ser Thr Asp 1105 1110 1115 1120 Ala Ala Glu Ser Leu Gly Leu Tyr Cys Thr Gly Tyr Gln Gly Glu Asp 1125 1130 1135 Thr Leu Leu Val Met Phe Tyr Ser Met Gln Ser Ser Tyr Ser Ser Tyr 1140 1145 1150 Thr Asp Asn Asn Ala Pro Val Thr Gly Leu Tyr Ile Phe Ala Asp Met 1155 1160 1165 Ser Ser Asp Asn Met Thr Asn Ala Gln Ala Thr Asn Tyr Trp Asn Asn 1170 1175 1180 Ser Tyr Pro Gln Phe Asp Thr Val Met Ala Asp Pro Asp Ser Asp Asn 1185 1190 1195 1200 Lys Lys Val Ile Thr Arg Arg Val Asn Asn Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Tyr 1205 1210 1215 Glu Ile Pro Ser Ser Val Thr Ser Asn Ser Asn Tyr Ser Trp Gly Asp 1220 1225 1230 His Ser Leu Thr Met Leu Tyr Gly Gly Ser Val Pro Asn Ile Thr Phe 1235 1240 1245 Glu Ser Ala Ala Glu Asp Leu Arg Leu Ser Thr Asn Met Ala Leu Ser 1250 1255 1260 Ile Ile His Asn Gly Tyr Ala Gly Thr Arg Arg Ile Gln Cys Asn Leu 1265 1270 1275 1280 Met Lys Gln Tyr Ala Ser Leu Gly Asp Lys Phe Ile Ile Tyr Asp Ser 1285 1290 1295 Ser Phe Asp Asp Ala Asn Arg Phe Asn Leu Val Pro Leu Phe Lys Phe 1300 1305 1310 Gly Lys Asp Glu Asn Ser Asp Asp Ser Ile Cys Ile Tyr Asn Glu Asn 1315 1320 1325 Pro Ser Ser Glu Asp Lys Lys Trp Tyr Phe Ser Ser Lys Asp Asp Asn 1330 1335 1340 Lys Thr Ala Asp Tyr Asn Gly Gly Thr Gln Cys Ile Asp Ala Gly Thr 1345 1350 1355 1360 Ser Asn Lys Asp Phe Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Gln Glu Ile Glu Val Ile Ser 1365 1370 1375 Val Thr Gly Gly Tyr Trp Ser Ser Tyr Lys Ile Ser Asn Pro Ile Asn 1380 1385 1390 Ile Asn Thr Gly Ile Asp Ser Ala Lys Val Lys Val Thr Val Lys Ala 1395 1400 1405 Gly Gly Asp Asp Gln Ile Phe Thr Ala Asp Asn Ser Thr Tyr Val Pro 1410 1415 1420 Gln Gln Pro Ala Pro Ser Phe Glu Glu Met Ile Tyr Gln Phe Asn Asn 1425 1430 1435 1440 Leu Thr Ile Asp Cys Lys Asn Leu Asn Phe Ile Asp Asn Gln Ala His 1445 1450 1455 Ile Glu Ile Asp Phe Thr Ala Thr Ala Gln Asp Gly Arg Phe Leu Gly 1460 1465 1470 Ala Glu Thr Phe Ile Ile Pro Val Thr Lys Lys Val Leu Gly Thr Glu 1475 1480 1485 Asn Val Ile Ala Leu Tyr Ser Glu Asn Asn Gly Val Gln Tyr Met Gln 1490 1495 1500 Ile Gly Ala Tyr Arg Thr Arg Leu Asn Thr Leu Phe Ala Gln Gln Leu 1505 1510 1515 1520 Val Ser Arg Ala Asn Arg Gly Ile Asp Ala Val Leu Ser Met Glu Thr 1525 1530 1535 Gln Asn Ile Gln Glu Pro Gln Leu Gly Ala Gly Thr Tyr Val Gln Leu 1540 1545 1550 Val Leu Asp Lys Tyr Asp Glu Ser Ile His Gly Thr Asn Lys Ser Phe 1555 1560 1565 Ala Ile Glu Tyr Val Asp Ile Phe Lys Glu Asn Asp Ser Phe Val Ile 1570 1575 1580 Tyr Gln Gly Glu Leu Ser Glu Thr Ser Gln Thr Val Val Lys Val Phe 1585 1590 1595 1600 Leu Ser Tyr Phe Ile Glu Ala Thr Gly Asn Lys Asn His Leu Trp Val 1605 1610 1615 Arg Ala Lys Tyr Gln Lys Glu Thr Thr Asp Lys Ile Leu Phe Asp Arg 1620 1625 1630 Thr Asp Glu Lys Asp Pro His Gly Trp Phe Leu Ser Asp Asp His Lys 1635 1640 1645 Thr Phe Ser Gly Leu Ser Ser Ala Gln Ala Leu Lys Asn Asp Ser Glu 1650 1655 1660 Pro Met Asp Phe Ser Gly Ala Asn Ala Leu Tyr Phe Trp Glu Leu Phe 1665 1670 1675 1680 Tyr Tyr Thr Pro Met Met Met Ala His Arg Leu Leu Gln Glu Gln Asn 1685 1690 1695 Phe Asp Ala Ala Asn His Trp Phe Arg Tyr Val Trp Ser Pro Ser Gly 1700 1705 1710 Tyr Ile Val Asp Gly Lys Ile Ala Ile Tyr His Trp Asn Val Arg Pro 1715 1720 1725 Leu Glu Glu Asp Thr Ser Trp Asn Ala Gln Gln Leu Asp Ser Thr Asp 1730 1735 1740 Pro Asp Ala Val Ala Gln Asp Asp Pro Met His Tyr Lys Val Ala Thr 1745 1750 1755 1760 Phe Met Ala Thr Leu Asp Leu Leu Met Ala Arg Gly Asp Ala Ala Tyr 1765 1770 1775 Arg Gln Leu Glu Arg Asp Thr Leu Ala Glu Ala Lys Met Trp Tyr Thr 1780 1785 1790 Gln Ala Leu Asn Leu Leu Gly Asp Glu Pro Gln Val Met Leu Ser Thr 1795 1800 1805 Thr Trp Ala Asn Pro Thr Leu Gly Asn Ala Ala Ser Lys Thr Thr Gln 1810 1815 1820 Gln Val Arg Gln Gln Val Leu Thr Gln Leu Arg Leu Asn Ser Arg Val 1825 1830 1835 1840 Lys Thr Pro Leu 1722 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) 54 CTA GGA ACA GCC AAT TCC CTG ACC GCT TTA TTC CTG CCG CAG GAA AAT 48 Leu Gly Thr Ala Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln Glu Asn 1 5 10 15 AGC AAG CTC AAA GGC TAC TGG CGG ACA CTG GCG CAG CGT ATG TTT AAT 96 Ser Lys Leu Lys Gly Tyr Trp Arg Thr Leu Ala Gln Arg Met Phe Asn 20 25 30 TTA CGT CAT AAT CTG TCG ATT GAC GGC CAG CCG CTC TCC TTG CCG CTG 144 Leu Arg His Asn Leu Ser Ile Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu Ser Leu Pro Leu 35 40 45 TAT GCT AAA CCG GCT GAT CCA AAA GCT TTA CTG AGT GCG GCG GTT TCA 192 Tyr Ala Lys Pro Ala Asp Pro Lys Ala Leu Leu Ser Ala Ala Val Ser 50 55 60 GCT TCT CAA GGG GGA GCC GAC TTG CCG AAG GCG CCG CTG ACT ATT CAC 240 Ala Ser Gln Gly Gly Ala Asp Leu Pro Lys Ala Pro Leu Thr Ile His 65 70 75 80 CGC TTC CCT CAA ATG CTA GAA GGG GCA CGG GGC TTG GTT AAC CAG CTT 288 Arg Phe Pro Gln Met Leu Glu Gly Ala Arg Gly Leu Val Asn Gln Leu 85 90 95 ATA CAG TTC GGT AGT TCA CTA TTG GGG TAC AGT GAG CGT CAG GAT GCG 336 Ile Gln Phe Gly Ser Ser Leu Leu Gly Tyr Ser Glu Arg Gln Asp Ala 100 105 110 GAA GCT ATG AGT CAA CTA CTG CAA ACC CAA GCC AGC GAG TTA ATA CTG 384 Glu Ala Met Ser Gln Leu Leu Gln Thr Gln Ala Ser Glu Leu Ile Leu 115 120 125 ACC AGT ATT CGT ATG CAG GAT AAC CAA TTG GCA GAG CTG GAT TCG GAA 432 Thr Ser Ile Arg Met Gln Asp Asn Gln Leu Ala Glu Leu Asp Ser Glu 130 135 140 AAA ACC GCC TTG CAA GTC TCT TTA GCT GGA GTG CAA CAA CGG TTT GAC 480 Lys Thr Ala Leu Gln Val Ser Leu Ala Gly Val Gln Gln Arg Phe Asp 145 150 155 160 AGC TAT AGC CAA CTG TAT GAG GAG AAC ATC AAC GCA GGT GAG CAG CGA 528 Ser Tyr Ser Gln Leu Tyr Glu Glu Asn Ile Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Arg 165 170 175 GCG CTG GCG TTA CGC TCA GAA TCT GCT ATT GAG TCT CAG GGA GCG CAG 576 Ala Leu Ala Leu Arg Ser Glu Ser Ala Ile Glu Ser Gln Gly Ala Gln 180 185 190 ATT TCC CGT ATG GCA GGC GCG GGT GTT GAT ATG GCA CCA AAT ATC TTC 624 Ile Ser Arg Met Ala Gly Ala Gly Val Asp Met Ala Pro Asn Ile Phe 195 200 205 GGC CTG GCT GAT GGC GGC ATG CAT TAT GGT GCT ATT GCC TAT GCC ATC 672 Gly Leu Ala Asp Gly Gly Met His Tyr Gly Ala Ile Ala Tyr Ala Ile 210 215 220 GCT GAC GGT ATT GAG TTG AGT GCT TCT GCC AAG ATG GTT GAT GCG GAG 720 Ala Asp Gly Ile Glu Leu Ser Ala Ser Ala Lys Met Val Asp Ala Glu 225 230 235 240 AAA GTT GCT CAG TCG GAA ATA TAT CGC CGT CGC CGT CAA GAA TGG AAA 768 Lys Val Ala Gln Ser Glu Ile Tyr Arg Arg Arg Arg Gln Glu Trp Lys 245 250 255 ATT CAG CGT GAC AAC GCA CAA GCG GAG ATT AAC CAG TTA AAC GCG CAA 816 Ile Gln Arg Asp Asn Ala Gln Ala Glu Ile Asn Gln Leu Asn Ala Gln 260 265 270 CTG GAA TCA CTG TCT ATT CGC CGT GAA GCC GCT GAA ATG CAA AAA GAG 864 Leu Glu Ser Leu Ser Ile Arg Arg Glu Ala Ala Glu Met Gln Lys Glu 275 280 285 TAC CTG AAA ACC CAG CAA GCT CAG GCG CAG GCA CAA CTT ACT TTC TTA 912 Tyr Leu Lys Thr Gln Gln Ala Gln Ala Gln Ala Gln Leu Thr Phe Leu 290 295 300 AGA AGC AAA TTC AGT AAT CAA GCG TTA TAT AGT TGG TTA CGA GGG CGT 960 Arg Ser Lys Phe Ser Asn Gln Ala Leu Tyr Ser Trp Leu Arg Gly Arg 305 310 315 320 TTG TCA GGT ATT TAT TTC CAG TTC TAT GAC TTG GCC GTA TCA CGT TGC 1008 Leu Ser Gly Ile Tyr Phe Gln Phe Tyr Asp Leu Ala Val Ser Arg Cys 325 330 335 CTG ATG GCA GAG CAA TCC TAT CAA TGG GAA GCT AAT GAT AAT TCC ATT 1056 Leu Met Ala Glu Gln Ser Tyr Gln Trp Glu Ala Asn Asp Asn Ser Ile 340 345 350 AGC TTT GTC AAA CCG GGT GCA TGG CAA GGA ACT TAC GCC GGC TTA TTG 1104 Ser Phe Val Lys Pro Gly Ala Trp Gln Gly Thr Tyr Ala Gly Leu Leu 355 360 365 TGT GGA GAA GCT TTG ATA CAA AAT CTG GCA CAA ATG GAA GAG GCA TAT 1152 Cys Gly Glu Ala Leu Ile Gln Asn Leu Ala Gln Met Glu Glu Ala Tyr 370 375 380 CTG AAA TGG GAA TCT CGC GCT TTG GAA GTA GAA CGC ACG GTT TCA TTG 1200 Leu Lys Trp Glu Ser Arg Ala Leu Glu Val Glu Arg Thr Val Ser Leu 385 390 395 400 GCA GTG GTT TAT GAT TCA CTG GAA GGT AAT GAT CGT TTT AAT TTA GCG 1248 Ala Val Val Tyr Asp Ser Leu Glu Gly Asn Asp Arg Phe Asn Leu Ala 405 410 415 GAA CAA ATA CCT GCA TTA TTG GAT AAG GGG GAG GGA ACA GCA GGA ACT 1296 Glu Gln Ile Pro Ala Leu Leu Asp Lys Gly Glu Gly Thr Ala Gly Thr 420 425 430 AAA GAA AAT GGG TTA TCA TTG GCT AAT GCT ATC CTG TCA GCT TCG GTC 1344 Lys Glu Asn Gly Leu Ser Leu Ala Asn Ala Ile Leu Ser Ala Ser Val 435 440 445 AAA TTG TCC GAC TTG AAA CTG GGA ACG GAT TAT CCA GAC AGT ATC GTT 1392 Lys Leu Ser Asp Leu Lys Leu Gly Thr Asp Tyr Pro Asp Ser Ile Val 450 455 460 GGT AGC AAC AAG GTT CGT CGT ATT AAG CAA ATC AGT GTT TCG CTA CCT 1440 Gly Ser Asn Lys Val Arg Arg Ile Lys Gln Ile Ser Val Ser Leu Pro 465 470 475 480 GCA TTG GTT GGG CCT TAT CAG GAT GTT CAG GCT ATG CTC AGC TAT GGT 1488 Ala Leu Val Gly Pro Tyr Gln Asp Val Gln Ala Met Leu Ser Tyr Gly 485 490 495 GGC AGT ACT CAA TTG CCG AAA GGT TGT TCA GCG TTG GCT GTG TCT CAT 1536 Gly Ser Thr Gln Leu Pro Lys Gly Cys Ser Ala Leu Ala Val Ser His 500 505 510 GGT ACC AAT GAT AGT GGT CAG TTC CAG TTG GAT TTC AAT GAC GGC AAA 1584 Gly Thr Asn Asp Ser Gly Gln Phe Gln Leu Asp Phe Asn Asp Gly Lys 515 520 525 TAC CTG CCA TTT GAA GGT ATT GCT CTT GAT GAT CAG GGT ACA CTG AAT 1632 Tyr Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Ile Ala Leu Asp Asp Gln Gly Thr Leu Asn 530 535 540 CTT CAA TTT CCG AAT GCT ACC GAC AAG CAG AAA GCA ATA TTG CAA ACT 1680 Leu Gln Phe Pro Asn Ala Thr Asp Lys Gln Lys Ala Ile Leu Gln Thr 545 550 555 560 ATG AGC GAT ATT ATT TTG CAT ATT CGT TAT ACC ATC CGT TAA 1722 Met Ser Asp Ile Ile Leu His Ile Arg Tyr Thr Ile Arg 565 570 573 573 amino acids amino acids single linear protein 55 Leu Gly Thr Ala Asn Ser Leu Thr Ala Leu Phe Leu Pro Gln Glu Asn 1 5 10 15 Ser Lys Leu Lys Gly Tyr Trp Arg Thr Leu Ala Gln Arg Met Phe Asn 20 25 30 Leu Arg His Asn Leu Ser Ile Asp Gly Gln Pro Leu Ser Leu Pro Leu 35 40 45 Tyr Ala Lys Pro Ala Asp Pro Lys Ala Leu Leu Ser Ala Ala Val Ser 50 55 60 Ala Ser Gln Gly Gly Ala Asp Leu Pro Lys Ala Pro Leu Thr Ile His 65 70 75 80 Arg Phe Pro Gln Met Leu Glu Gly Ala Arg Gly Leu Val Asn Gln Leu 85 90 95 Ile Gln Phe Gly Ser Ser Leu Leu Gly Tyr Ser Glu Arg Gln Asp Ala 100 105 110 Glu Ala Met Ser Gln Leu Leu Gln Thr Gln Ala Ser Glu Leu Ile Leu 115 120 125 Thr Ser Ile Arg Met Gln Asp Asn Gln Leu Ala Glu Leu Asp Ser Glu 130 135 140 Lys Thr Ala Leu Gln Val Ser Leu Ala Gly Val Gln Gln Arg Phe Asp 145 150 155 160 Ser Tyr Ser Gln Leu Tyr Glu Glu Asn Ile Asn Ala Gly Glu Gln Arg 165 170 175 Ala Leu Ala Leu Arg Ser Glu Ser Ala Ile Glu Ser Gln Gly Ala Gln 180 185 190 Ile Ser Arg Met Ala Gly Ala Gly Val Asp Met Ala Pro Asn Ile Phe 195 200 205 Gly Leu Ala Asp Gly Gly Met His Tyr Gly Ala Ile Ala Tyr Ala Ile 210 215 220 Ala Asp Gly Ile Glu Leu Ser Ala Ser Ala Lys Met Val Asp Ala Glu 225 230 235 240 Lys Val Ala Gln Ser Glu Ile Tyr Arg Arg Arg Arg Gln Glu Trp Lys 245 250 255 Ile Gln Arg Asp Asn Ala Gln Ala Glu Ile Asn Gln Leu Asn Ala Gln 260 265 270 Leu Glu Ser Leu Ser Ile Arg Arg Glu Ala Ala Glu Met Gln Lys Glu 275 280 285 Tyr Leu Lys Thr Gln Gln Ala Gln Ala Gln Ala Gln Leu Thr Phe Leu 290 295 300 Arg Ser Lys Phe Ser Asn Gln Ala Leu Tyr Ser Trp Leu Arg Gly Arg 305 310 315 320 Leu Ser Gly Ile Tyr Phe Gln Phe Tyr Asp Leu Ala Val Ser Arg Cys 325 330 335 Leu Met Ala Glu Gln Ser Tyr Gln Trp Glu Ala Asn Asp Asn Ser Ile 340 345 350 Ser Phe Val Lys Pro Gly Ala Trp Gln Gly Thr Tyr Ala Gly Leu Leu 355 360 365 Cys Gly Glu Ala Leu Ile Gln Asn Leu Ala Gln Met Glu Glu Ala Tyr 370 375 380 Leu Lys Trp Glu Ser Arg Ala Leu Glu Val Glu Arg Thr Val Ser Leu 385 390 395 400 Ala Val Val Tyr Asp Ser Leu Glu Gly Asn Asp Arg Phe Asn Leu Ala 405 410 415 Glu Gln Ile Pro Ala Leu Leu Asp Lys Gly Glu Gly Thr Ala Gly Thr 420 425 430 Lys Glu Asn Gly Leu Ser Leu Ala Asn Ala Ile Leu Ser Ala Ser Val 435 440 445 Lys Leu Ser Asp Leu Lys Leu Gly Thr Asp Tyr Pro Asp Ser Ile Val 450 455 460 Gly Ser Asn Lys Val Arg Arg Ile Lys Gln Ile Ser Val Ser Leu Pro 465 470 475 480 Ala Leu Val Gly Pro Tyr Gln Asp Val Gln Ala Met Leu Ser Tyr Gly 485 490 495 Gly Ser Thr Gln Leu Pro Lys Gly Cys Ser Ala Leu Ala Val Ser His 500 505 510 Gly Thr Asn Asp Ser Gly Gln Phe Gln Leu Asp Phe Asn Asp Gly Lys 515 520 525 Tyr Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Ile Ala Leu Asp Asp Gln Gly Thr Leu Asn 530 535 540 Leu Gln Phe Pro Asn Ala Thr Asp Lys Gln Lys Ala Ile Leu Gln Thr 545 550 555 560 Met Ser Asp Ile Ile Leu His Ile Arg Tyr Thr Ile Arg 565 570 2994 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) 56 ATG AAT CAA CTC GCC AGT CCC CTG ATT TCC CGC ACC GAA GAG ATC CAC 48 Met Asn Gln Leu Ala Ser Pro Leu Ile Ser Arg Thr Glu Glu Ile His 1 5 10 15 AAC TTA CCC GGT AAA TTG ACC GAT CTT GGT TAT ACC TCA GTG TTT GAT 96 Asn Leu Pro Gly Lys Leu Thr Asp Leu Gly Tyr Thr Ser Val Phe Asp 20 25 30 GTG GTA CGT ATG CCG CGT GAG CGT TTT ATT CGT GAG CAT CGT GCT GAT 144 Val Val Arg Met Pro Arg Glu Arg Phe Ile Arg Glu His Arg Ala Asp 35 40 45 CTC GGG CGC AGT GCT GAA AAA ATG TAT GAC CTG GCA GTG GGC TAT GCT 192 Leu Gly Arg Ser Ala Glu Lys Met Tyr Asp Leu Ala Val Gly Tyr Ala 50 55 60 CAT CAG GTG TTA CAC CAT TTT CGC CGT AAT TCT CTT AGT GAA GCT GTT 240 His Gln Val Leu His His Phe Arg Arg Asn Ser Leu Ser Glu Ala Val 65 70 75 80 CAG TTT GGC TTG AGA AGT CCG TTC TCC GTA TCA GGC CCG GAT TAC GCC 288 Gln Phe Gly Leu Arg Ser Pro Phe Ser Val Ser Gly Pro Asp Tyr Ala 85 90 95 AAT CAG TTT CTT GAT GCA AAC ACG GGT TGG AAA GAT AAA GCA CCA AGT 336 Asn Gln Phe Leu Asp Ala Asn Thr Gly Trp Lys Asp Lys Ala Pro Ser 100 105 110 GGA TCA CCG GAA GCC AAT GAT GCG CCG GTA GCC TAT CTG ACT CAT ATT 384 Gly Ser Pro Glu Ala Asn Asp Ala Pro Val Ala Tyr Leu Thr His Ile 115 120 125 TAT CAA TTG GCC CTT GAA CAG GAA AAG AAT GGC GCC ACT ACC ATT ATG 432 Tyr Gln Leu Ala Leu Glu Gln Glu Lys Asn Gly Ala Thr Thr Ile Met 130 135 140 AAT ACG CTG GCG GAG CGT CGC CCC GAT CTG GGT GCT TTG TTA ATT AAT 480 Asn Thr Leu Ala Glu Arg Arg Pro Asp Leu Gly Ala Leu Leu Ile Asn 145 150 155 160 GAT AAA GCA ATC AAT GAG GTG ATA CCG CAA TTG CAG TTG GTC AAT GAA 528 Asp Lys Ala Ile Asn Glu Val Ile Pro Gln Leu Gln Leu Val Asn Glu 165 170 175 ATT CTG TCC AAA GCT ATT CAG AAG AAA CTG AGT TTG ACT GAT CTG GAA 576 Ile Leu Ser Lys Ala Ile Gln Lys Lys Leu Ser Leu Thr Asp Leu Glu 180 185 190 GCG GTA AAC GCC AGA CTT TCC ACT ACC CGT TAC CCG AAT AAT CTG CCG 624 Ala Val Asn Ala Arg Leu Ser Thr Thr Arg Tyr Pro Asn Asn Leu Pro 195 200 205 TAT CAT TAT GGT CAT CAG CAG ATT CAG ACA GCT CAA TCG GTA TTG GGT 672 Tyr His Tyr Gly His Gln Gln Ile Gln Thr Ala Gln Ser Val Leu Gly 210 215 220 ACT ACG TTG CAA GAT ATC ACT TTG CCA CAG ACG CTG GAT CTG CCG CAA 720 Thr Thr Leu Gln Asp Ile Thr Leu Pro Gln Thr Leu Asp Leu Pro Gln 225 230 235 240 AAC TTC TGG GCA ACA GCA AAA GGA AAA CTG AGC GAT ACG ACT GCC AGT 768 Asn Phe Trp Ala Thr Ala Lys Gly Lys Leu Ser Asp Thr Thr Ala Ser 245 250 255 GCT TTG ACC CGA CTG CAA ATC ATG GCG AGT CAG TTT TCG CCA GAG CAG 816 Ala Leu Thr Arg Leu Gln Ile Met Ala Ser Gln Phe Ser Pro Glu Gln 260 265 270 CAG AAA ATC ATT ACG GAG ACT GTC GGT CAG GAT TTC TAT CAG CTT AAC 864 Gln Lys Ile Ile Thr Glu Thr Val Gly Gln Asp Phe Tyr Gln Leu Asn 275 280 286 TAT GGT GAC AGT TCG CTT ACT GTG AAT AGT TTC AGC GAC ATG ACC ATA 912 Tyr Gly Asp Ser Ser Leu Thr Val Asn Ser Phe Ser Asp Met Thr Ile 290 295 300 ATG ACT GAT CGA ACA AGT TTG ACT GTA CCC CAG GTA GAA CTG ATG TTG 960 Met Thr Asp Arg Thr Ser Leu Thr Val Pro Gln Val Glu Leu Met Leu 305 310 315 320 TGT TCA ACT GTC GGA GGT TCT ACG GTT GTT AAG TCT GAT AAT GTG AGT 1008 Cys Ser Thr Val Gly Gly Ser Thr Val Val Lys Ser Asp Asn Val Ser 325 330 335 TCT GGT GAC ACG ACA GCG ACG CCA TTT GCG TAT GGC GCC CGC TTT ATT 1056 Ser Gly Asp Thr Thr Ala Thr Pro Phe Ala Tyr Gly Ala Arg Phe Ile 340 345 350 CAT GCC GGT AAG CCG GAG GCG ATT ACC CTG AGT CGC AGT GGT GCG GAG 1104 His Ala Gly Lys Pro Glu Ala Ile Thr Leu Ser Arg Ser Gly Ala Glu 355 360 365 GCG CAT TTT GCT CTG ACG GTT AAC AAT CTG ACA GAT GAC AAG TTG GAC 1152 Ala His Phe Ala Leu Thr Val Asn Asn Leu Thr Asp Asp Lys Leu Asp 370 375 380 CGT ATT AAC CGC ACA GTG CGC CTG CAA AAA TGG CTG AAT CTG CCT TAT 1200 Arg Ile Asn Arg Thr Val Arg Leu Gln Lys Trp Leu Asn Leu Pro Tyr 385 390 395 400 GAG GAT ATT GAC CTG TTA GTG ACT TCT GCT ATG GAT GCG GAA ACA GGA 1248 Glu Asp Ile Asp Leu Leu Val Thr Ser Ala Met Asp Ala Glu Thr Gly 405 410 415 AAT ACC GCG CTG TCG ATG AAC GAC AAT ACG CTG CGT ATG TTG GGA GTG 1296 Asn Thr Ala Leu Ser Met Asn Asp Asn Thr Leu Arg Met Leu Gly Val 420 425 430 TTC AAA CAT TAT CAG GCG AAG TAT GGT GTT AGC GCT AAA CAA TTT GCT 1344 Phe Lys His Tyr Gln Ala Lys Tyr Gly Val Ser Ala Lys Gln Phe Ala 435 440 445 GGC TGG CTG CGC GTA GTG GCC CCG TTT GCC ATT ACA CCG GCA ACG CCG 1392 Gly Trp Leu Arg Val Val Ala Pro Phe Ala Ile Thr Pro Ala Thr Pro 450 455 460 TTT TTA GAC CAA GTG TTT AAC TCC GTC GGC ACC TTT GAT ACA CCG TTT 1440 Phe Leu Asp Gln Val Phe Asn Ser Val Gly Thr Phe Asp Thr Pro Phe 465 470 475 480 GTG ATA GAT AAT CAG GAT TTT GTC TAT ACA TTG ACC ACC GGG GGC GAT 1488 Val Ile Asp Asn Gln Asp Phe Val Tyr Thr Leu Thr Thr Gly Gly Asp 485 490 495 GGG GCG CGT GTT AAG CAT ATC AGC ACG GCA CTG GGC CTC AAT CAT CGT 1536 Gly Ala Arg Val Lys His Ile Ser Thr Ala Leu Gly Leu Asn His Arg 500 505 510 CAG TTC CTG TTA TTG GCG GAT AAT ATT GCC CGT CAA CAG GGG AAT GTC 1584 Gln Phe Leu Leu Leu Ala Asp Asn Ile Ala Arg Gln Gln Gly Asn Val 515 520 525 ACG CAA AGC ACA CTC AAC TGT AAT CTG TTT GTG GTG TCA GCT TTC TAC 1632 Thr Gln Ser Thr Leu Asn Cys Asn Leu Phe Val Val Ser Ala Phe Tyr 530 535 540 CGT CTG GCT AAT TTG GCG CGC ACA TTG GGG ATA AAT CCA GAG TCT TTC 1680 Arg Leu Ala Asn Leu Ala Arg Thr Leu Gly Ile Asn Pro Glu Ser Phe 545 550 555 560 TGT GCC TTG GTT GAT CGA TTA GAT GCA GGT ACA GGC ATC GTC TGG CAG 1728 Cys Ala Leu Val Asp Arg Leu Asp Ala Gly Thr Gly Ile Val Trp Gln 565 570 575 CAA TTG GCA GGG AAA CCC ACA ATC ACG GTA CCA CAA AAA GAT TCC CCG 1776 Gln Leu Ala Gly Lys Pro Thr Ile Thr Val Pro Gln Lys Asp Ser Pro 580 585 590 CTG GCG GCG GAT ATT CTG AGT TTG CTG CAA GCG CTA AGT GCG ATT GCT 1824 Leu Ala Ala Asp Ile Leu Ser Leu Leu Gln Ala Leu Ser Ala Ile Ala 595 600 605 CAA TGG CAA CAA CAG CAC GAT TTA GAA TTT TCA GCA CTG CTT TTG CTG 1872 Gln Trp Gln Gln Gln His Asp Leu Glu Phe Ser Ala Leu Leu Leu Leu 610 615 620 TTG AGT GAC AAC CCT ATT TCT ACC TCG CAG GGC ACT GAC GAT CAA TTG 1920 Leu Ser Asp Asn Pro Ile Ser Thr Ser Gln Gly Thr Asp Asp Gln Leu 625 630 635 640 AAC TTT ATC CGT CAA GTG TGG CAG AAC CTA GGC AGT ACG TTT GTG GGT 1968 Asn Phe Ile Arg Gln Val Trp Gln Asn Leu Gly Ser Thr Phe Val Gly 645 650 655 GCA ACA TTG TTG TCC CGC AGT GGG GCA CCA TTA GTC GAT ACC AAC GGC 2016 Ala Thr Leu Leu Ser Arg Ser Gly Ala Pro Leu Val Asp Thr Asn Gly 660 665 670 CAC GCT ATT GAC TGG TTT GCT CTG CTC TCA GCA GGT AAT AGT CCG CTT 2064 His Ala Ile Asp Trp Phe Ala Leu Leu Ser Ala Gly Asn Ser Pro Leu 675 680 685 ATC GAT AAG GTT GGT CTG GTG ACT GAT GCT GGC ATA CAA AGT GTT ATA 2112 Ile Asp Lys Val Gly Leu Val Thr Asp Ala Gly Ile Gln Ser Val Ile 690 695 700 GCA ACG GTG GTC AAT ACA CAA AGC TTA TCT GAT GAA GAT AAG AAG CTG 2160 Ala Thr Val Val Asn Thr Gln Ser Leu Ser Asp Glu Asp Lys Lys Leu 705 710 715 720 GCA ATC ACT ACT CTG ACT AAT ACG TTG AAT CAG GTA CAG AAA ACT CAA 2208 Ala Ile Thr Thr Leu Thr Asn Thr Leu Asn Gln Val Gln Lys Thr Gln 725 730 735 CAG GGC GTG GCC GTC AGT CTG TTG GCG CAG ACT CTG AAC GTG AGT CAG 2256 Gln Gly Val Ala Val Ser Leu Leu Ala Gln Thr Leu Asn Val Ser Gln 740 745 750 TCA CTG CCT GCG TTA TTG TTG CGC TGG AGT GGA CAA ACA ACC TAC CAG 2304 Ser Leu Pro Ala Leu Leu Leu Arg Trp Ser Gly Gln Thr Thr Tyr Gln 755 760 765 TGG TTG AGT GCG ACT TGG GCA TTG AAG GAT GCC GTT AAG ACT GCC GCC 2352 Trp Leu Ser Ala Thr Trp Ala Leu Lys Asp Ala Val Lys Thr Ala Ala 770 775 780 GAT ATT CCC GCT GAC TAT CTG CGT CAA TTA CGT GAA GTG GTA CGC CGC 2400 Asp Ile Pro Ala Asp Tyr Leu Arg Gln Leu Arg Glu Val Val Arg Arg 785 790 795 800 TCC TTG TTG ACC CAA CAA TTC ACG CTG AGT CCT GCA ATG GTG CAA ACC 2448 Ser Leu Leu Thr Gln Gln Phe Thr Leu Ser Pro Ala Met Val Gln Thr 805 810 815 TTG CTG GAC TAT CCA GCC TAT TTT GGC GCT TCC GCA GAA ACA GTG ACC 2496 Leu Leu Asp Tyr Pro Ala Tyr Phe Gly Ala Ser Ala Glu Thr Val Thr 820 825 830 GAT ATC AGT TTG TGG ATG CTT TAT ACC CTG AGC TGT TAT AGC GAT TTA 2544 Asp Ile Ser Leu Trp Met Leu Tyr Thr Leu Ser Cys Tyr Ser Asp Leu 835 840 845 TTG CTC CAA ATG GGT GAA GCT GGT GGT ACC GAA GAT GAT GTA CTG GCC 2592 Leu Leu Gln Met Gly Glu Ala Gly Gly Thr Glu Asp Asp Val Leu Ala 850 855 860 TAC TTA CGC ACA GCT AAT GCT ACC ACA CCG TTG AGC CAA TCT GAT GCT 2640 Tyr Leu Arg Thr Ala Asn Ala Thr Thr Pro Leu Ser Gln Ser Asp Ala 865 870 875 880 GCA CAG ACG TTG GCA ACG CTA TTG GGT TGG GAG GTT AAC GAG TTG CAA 2688 Ala Gln Thr Leu Ala Thr Leu Leu Gly Trp Glu Val Asn Glu Leu Gln 885 890 895 GCC GCT TGG TCG GTA TTG GGC GGG ATT GCC AAA ACC ACA CCG CAA CTG 2736 Ala Ala Trp Ser Val Leu Gly Gly Ile Ala Lys Thr Thr Pro Gln Leu 900 905 910 GAT GCG CTT CTG CGT TTG CAA CAG GCA CAG AAC CAA ACT GGT CTT GGC 2784 Asp Ala Leu Leu Arg Leu Gln Gln Ala Gln Asn Gln Thr Gly Leu Gly 915 920 925 GTT ACA CAG CAA CAG CAA GGC TAT CTC CTG AGT CGT GAC AGT GAT TAT 2832 Val Thr Gln Gln Gln Gln Gly Tyr Leu Leu Ser Arg Asp Ser Asp Tyr 930 935 940 ACC CTT TGG CAA AGC ACC GGT CAG GCG CTG GTG GCT GGC GTA TCC CAT 2880 Thr Leu Trp Gln Ser Thr Gly Gln Ala Leu Val Ala Gly Val Ser His 945 950 955 960 GTC AAG GGC AGT AAC TGA GCATGGCAGA GCTCACTACC TGAGTGGATT TGATTT 2934 Val Lys Gly Ser Asn 965 TTCCGTATGG CCTAATGAGG CTATTTCTAA ACCGCCATTT AAGTAAGGCA GATAATTATG 2994 965 amino acids amino acid linear protein 57 Met Asn Gln Leu Ala Ser Pro Leu Ile Ser Arg Thr Glu Glu Ile His 1 5 10 15 Asn Leu Pro Gly Lys Leu Thr Asp Leu Gly Tyr Thr Ser Val Phe Asp 20 25 30 Val Val Arg Met Pro Arg Glu Arg Phe Ile Arg Glu His Arg Ala Asp 35 40 45 Leu Gly Arg Ser Ala Glu Lys Met Tyr Asp Leu Ala Val Gly Tyr Ala 50 55 60 His Gln Val Leu His His Phe Arg Arg Asn Ser Leu Ser Glu Ala Val 65 70 75 80 Gln Phe Gly Leu Arg Ser Pro Phe Ser Val Ser Gly Pro Asp Tyr Ala 85 90 95 Asn Gln Phe Leu Asp Ala Asn Thr Gly Trp Lys Asp Lys Ala Pro Ser 100 105 110 Gly Ser Pro Glu Ala Asn Asp Ala Pro Val Ala Tyr Leu Thr His Ile 115 120 125 Tyr Gln Leu Ala Leu Glu Gln Glu Lys Asn Gly Ala Thr Thr Ile Met 130 135 140 Asn Thr Leu Ala Glu Arg Arg Pro Asp Leu Gly Ala Leu Leu Ile Asn 145 150 155 160 Asp Lys Ala Ile Asn Glu Val Ile Pro Gln Leu Gln Leu Val Asn Glu 165 170 175 Ile Leu Ser Lys Ala Ile Gln Lys Lys Leu Ser Leu Thr Asp Leu Glu 180 185 190 Ala Val Asn Ala Arg Leu Ser Thr Thr Arg Tyr Pro Asn Asn Leu Pro 195 200 205 Tyr His Tyr Gly His Gln Gln Ile Gln Thr Ala Gln Ser Val Leu Gly 210 215 220 Thr Thr Leu Gln Asp Ile Thr Leu Pro Gln Thr Leu Asp Leu Pro Gln 225 230 235 240 Asn Phe Trp Ala Thr Ala Lys Gly Lys Leu Ser Asp Thr Thr Ala Ser 245 250 255 Ala Leu Thr Arg Leu Gln Ile Met Ala Ser Gln Phe Ser Pro Glu Gln 260 265 270 Gln Lys Ile Ile Thr Glu Thr Val Gly Gln Asp Phe Tyr Gln Leu Asn 275 280 286 Tyr Gly Asp Ser Ser Leu Thr Val Asn Ser Phe Ser Asp Met Thr Ile 290 295 300 Met Thr Asp Arg Thr Ser Leu Thr Val Pro Gln Val Glu Leu Met Leu 305 310 315 320 Cys Ser Thr Val Gly Gly Ser Thr Val Val Lys Ser Asp Asn Val Ser 325 330 335 Ser Gly Asp Thr Thr Ala Thr Pro Phe Ala Tyr Gly Ala Arg Phe Ile 340 345 350 His Ala Gly Lys Pro Glu Ala Ile Thr Leu Ser Arg Ser Gly Ala Glu 355 360 365 Ala His Phe Ala Leu Thr Val Asn Asn Leu Thr Asp Asp Lys Leu Asp 370 375 380 Arg Ile Asn Arg Thr Val Arg Leu Gln Lys Trp Leu Asn Leu Pro Tyr 385 390 395 400 Glu Asp Ile Asp Leu Leu Val Thr Ser Ala Met Asp Ala Glu Thr Gly 405 410 415 Asn Thr Ala Leu Ser Met Asn Asp Asn Thr Leu Arg Met Leu Gly Val 420 425 430 Phe Lys His Tyr Gln Ala Lys Tyr Gly Val Ser Ala Lys Gln Phe Ala 435 440 445 Gly Trp Leu Arg Val Val Ala Pro Phe Ala Ile Thr Pro Ala Thr Pro 450 455 460 Phe Leu Asp Gln Val Phe Asn Ser Val Gly Thr Phe Asp Thr Pro Phe 465 470 475 480 Val Ile Asp Asn Gln Asp Phe Val Tyr Thr Leu Thr Thr Gly Gly Asp 485 490 495 Gly Ala Arg Val Lys His Ile Ser Thr Ala Leu Gly Leu Asn His Arg 500 505 510 Gln Phe Leu Leu Leu Ala Asp Asn Ile Ala Arg Gln Gln Gly Asn Val 515 520 525 Thr Gln Ser Thr Leu Asn Cys Asn Leu Phe Val Val Ser Ala Phe Tyr 530 535 540 Arg Leu Ala Asn Leu Ala Arg Thr Leu Gly Ile Asn Pro Glu Ser Phe 545 550 555 560 Cys Ala Leu Val Asp Arg Leu Asp Ala Gly Thr Gly Ile Val Trp Gln 565 570 575 Gln Leu Ala Gly Lys Pro Thr Ile Thr Val Pro Gln Lys Asp Ser Pro 580 585 590 Leu Ala Ala Asp Ile Leu Ser Leu Leu Gln Ala Leu Ser Ala Ile Ala 595 600 605 Gln Trp Gln Gln Gln His Asp Leu Glu Phe Ser Ala Leu Leu Leu Leu 610 615 620 Leu Ser Asp Asn Pro Ile Ser Thr Ser Gln Gly Thr Asp Asp Gln Leu 625 630 635 640 Asn Phe Ile Arg Gln Val Trp Gln Asn Leu Gly Ser Thr Phe Val Gly 645 650 655 Ala Thr Leu Leu Ser Arg Ser Gly Ala Pro Leu Val Asp Thr Asn Gly 660 665 670 His Ala Ile Asp Trp Phe Ala Leu Leu Ser Ala Gly Asn Ser Pro Leu 675 680 685 Ile Asp Lys Val Gly Leu Val Thr Asp Ala Gly Ile Gln Ser Val Ile 690 695 700 Ala Thr Val Val Asn Thr Gln Ser Leu Ser Asp Glu Asp Lys Lys Leu 705 710 715 720 Ala Ile Thr Thr Leu Thr Asn Thr Leu Asn Gln Val Gln Lys Thr Gln 725 730 735 Gln Gly Val Ala Val Ser Leu Leu Ala Gln Thr Leu Asn Val Ser Gln 740 745 750 Ser Leu Pro Ala Leu Leu Leu Arg Trp Ser Gly Gln Thr Thr Tyr Gln 755 760 765 Trp Leu Ser Ala Thr Trp Ala Leu Lys Asp Ala Val Lys Thr Ala Ala 770 775 780 Asp Ile Pro Ala Asp Tyr Leu Arg Gln Leu Arg Glu Val Val Arg Arg 785 790 795 800 Ser Leu Leu Thr Gln Gln Phe Thr Leu Ser Pro Ala Met Val Gln Thr 805 810 815 Leu Leu Asp Tyr Pro Ala Tyr Phe Gly Ala Ser Ala Glu Thr Val Thr 820 825 830 Asp Ile Ser Leu Trp Met Leu Tyr Thr Leu Ser Cys Tyr Ser Asp Leu 835 840 845 Leu Leu Gln Met Gly Glu Ala Gly Gly Thr Glu Asp Asp Val Leu Ala 850 855 860 Tyr Leu Arg Thr Ala Asn Ala Thr Thr Pro Leu Ser Gln Ser Asp Ala 865 870 875 880 Ala Gln Thr Leu Ala Thr Leu Leu Gly Trp Glu Val Asn Glu Leu Gln 885 890 895 Ala Ala Trp Ser Val Leu Gly Gly Ile Ala Lys Thr Thr Pro Gln Leu 900 905 910 Asp Ala Leu Leu Arg Leu Gln Gln Ala Gln Asn Gln Thr Gly Leu Gly 915 920 925 Val Thr Gln Gln Gln Gln Gly Tyr Leu Leu Ser Arg Asp Ser Asp Tyr 930 935 940 Thr Leu Trp Gln Ser Thr Gly Gln Ala Leu Val Ala Gly Val Ser His 945 950 955 960 Val Lys Gly Ser Asn 965 4832 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) 58 ATG TTA TCG ACA ATG GAA AAA CAA CTG AAT GAA TCC CAG CGT GAT GCG 48 Met Leu Ser Thr Met Glu Lys Gln Leu Asn Glu Ser Gln Arg Asp Ala 1 5 10 15 TTG GTG ACT GGC TAT ATG AAT TTT GTG GCG CCG ACG TTG AAA GGC GTC 96 Leu Val Thr Gly Tyr Met Asn Phe Val Ala Pro Thr Leu Lys Gly Val 20 25 30 AGT GGT CAG CCG GTG ACG GTG GAA GAT TTA TAC GAA TAT TTG CTG ATT 144 Ser Gly Gln Pro Val Thr Val Glu Asp Leu Tyr Glu Tyr Leu Leu Ile 35 40 45 GAC CCG GAA GTG GCT GAT GAG GTT GAG ACG AGT CGG GTA GCA CAA GCG 192 Asp Pro Glu Val Ala Asp Glu Val Glu Thr Ser Arg Val Ala Gln Ala 50 55 60 ATT GCC AGC ATA CAG CAA TAT ATG ACT CGT CTG GTC AAC GGC TCT GAA 240 Ile Ala Ser Ile Gln Gln Tyr Met Thr Arg Leu Val Asn Gly Ser Glu 65 70 75 80 CCG GGG CGT CAG GCG ATG GAG CCT TCT ACA GCT AAC GAA TGG CGT GAT 288 Pro Gly Arg Gln Ala Met Glu Pro Ser Thr Ala Asn Glu Trp Arg Asp 85 90 95 AAT GAT AAC CAA TAT GCT ATC TGG GCT GCG GGG GCT GAG GTT CGA AAT 336 Asn Asp Asn Gln Tyr Ala Ile Trp Ala Ala Gly Ala Glu Val Arg Asn 100 105 110 TAC GCT GAA AAC TAT ATT TCA CCC ATC ACC CGG CAG GAA AAA AGC CAT 384 Tyr Ala Glu Asn Tyr Ile Ser Pro Ile Thr Arg Gln Glu Lys Ser His 115 120 125 TAT TTC TCG GAG CTG GAG ACG ACT TTA AAT CAG AAT CGA CTC GAT CCG 432 Tyr Phe Ser Glu Leu Glu Thr Thr Leu Asn Gln Asn Arg Leu Asp Pro 130 135 140 GAT CGT GTG CAG GAT GCT GTT TTG GCG TAT CTC AAT GAG TTT GAG GCA 480 Asp Arg Val Gln Asp Ala Val Leu Ala Tyr Leu Asn Glu Phe Glu Ala 145 150 155 160 GTG AGT AAT CTA TAT GTG CTC AGT GGT TAT ATT AAT CAG GAT AAA TTT 528 Val Ser Asn Leu Tyr Val Leu Ser Gly Tyr Ile Asn Gln Asp Lys Phe 165 170 175 GAC CAA GCT ATC TAC TAC TTT ATT GGT CGC ACT ACC ACT AAA CCG TAT 576 Asp Gln Ala Ile Tyr Tyr Phe Ile Gly Arg Thr Thr Thr Lys Pro Tyr 180 185 190 CGC TAC TAC TGG CGT CAG ATG GAT TTG AGT AAG AAC CGT CAA GAT CCG 624 Arg Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Gln Met Asp Leu Ser Lys Asn Arg Gln Asp Pro 195 200 205 GCA GGG AAT CCG GTG ACG CCA AAT TGC TGG AAT GAT TGG CAG GAA ATC 672 Ala Gly Asn Pro Val Thr Pro Asn Cys Trp Asn Asp Trp Gln Glu Ile 210 215 220 ACT TTG CCG CTG TCT GGT GAT ACG GTG CTG GAG CAT ACA GTT CGC CCG 720 Thr Leu Pro Leu Ser Gly Asp Thr Val Leu Glu His Thr Val Arg Pro 225 230 235 240 GTA TTT TAT AAT GAT CGA CTA TAT GTG GCT TGG GTT GAG CGT GAC CCG 768 Val Phe Tyr Asn Asp Arg Leu Tyr Val Ala Trp Val Glu Arg Asp Pro 245 250 255 GCA GTA CAG AAG GAT GCT GAC GGT AAA AAC ATC GGT AAA ACC CAT GCC 816 Ala Val Gln Lys Asp Ala Asp Gly Lys Asn Ile Gly Lys Thr His Ala 260 265 270 TAC AAC ATA AAG TTT GGT TAT AAA CGT TAT GAT GAT ACT TGG ACA GCG 864 Tyr Asn Ile Lys Phe Gly Tyr Lys Arg Tyr Asp Asp Thr Trp Thr Ala 275 280 285 CCG AAT ACG ACC ACG TTA ATG ACA CAA CAA GCA GGG GAA AGT TCA GAA 912 Pro Asn Thr Thr Thr Leu Met Thr Gln Gln Ala Gly Glu Ser Ser Glu 290 295 300 ACA CAG CGA TCC AGC CTG CTG ATT GAT GAA TCT AGC ACC ACA TTG CGC 960 Thr Gln Arg Ser Ser Leu Leu Ile Asp Glu Ser Ser Thr Thr Leu Arg 305 310 315 320 CAA GTT AAT CTG TTG GCT ACC ACC GAT TTT AGT ATC GAT CCG ACG GAG 1008 Gln Val Asn Leu Leu Ala Thr Thr Asp Phe Ser Ile Asp Pro Thr Glu 325 330 335 GAA ACG GAC AGT AAC CCG TAT GGC CGC CTA ATG TTG GGG GTG TTT GTC 1056 Glu Thr Asp Ser Asn Pro Tyr Gly Arg Leu Met Leu Gly Val Phe Val 340 345 350 CGT CAA TTT GAA GGT GAT GGG GCC AAT AGA AAA AAT AAA CCC GTT GTT 1104 Arg Gln Phe Glu Gly Asp Gly Ala Asn Arg Lys Asn Lys Pro Val Val 355 360 365 TAT GGT TAT CTC TAT TGT GAC TCA GCT TTC AAT CGT CAT GTT CTC AGG 1152 Tyr Gly Tyr Leu Tyr Cys Asp Ser Ala Phe Asn Arg His Val Leu Arg 370 375 380 CCG TTA AGT AAG AAC TTT TTG TTC AGT ACT TAC CGT GAT GAA ACG GAT 1200 Pro Leu Ser Lys Asn Phe Leu Phe Ser Thr Tyr Arg Asp Glu Thr Asp 385 390 395 400 GGT CAA AAC AGC TTG CAA TTT GCG GTA TAC GAT AAA AAG TAT GTA ATT 1248 Gly Gln Asn Ser Leu Gln Phe Ala Val Tyr Asp Lys Lys Tyr Val Ile 405 410 415 ACT AAG GTT GTT ACA GGT GCA ACG GAA GAT CCC GAA AAT ACA GGA TGG 1296 Thr Lys Val Val Thr Gly Ala Thr Glu Asp Pro Glu Asn Thr Gly Trp 420 425 430 GTA AGT AAA GTT GAT GAC TTG AAA CAA GGC ACT ACT GGG GCC TAT GTG 1344 Val Ser Lys Val Asp Asp Leu Lys Gln Gly Thr Thr Gly Ala Tyr Val 435 440 445 TAT ATC GAT CAA GAT GGC CTG ACG CTT CAT ATA CAA ACC ACA ACT AAT 1392 Tyr Ile Asp Gln Asp Gly Leu Thr Leu His Ile Gln Thr Thr Thr Asn 450 455 460 GGG GAT TTT ATT AAC CGT CAT ACG TTT GGA TAT AAC GAT CTT GTA TAT 1440 Gly Asp Phe Ile Asn Arg His Thr Phe Gly Tyr Asn Asp Leu Val Tyr 465 470 475 480 GAT TCT AAG TCT GGT TAT GGT TTC ACG TGG TCA GGA AAT GAA GGT TTT 1488 Asp Ser Lys Ser Gly Tyr Gly Phe Thr Trp Ser Gly Asn Glu Gly Phe 485 490 495 TAT CTG GAT TAC CAT GAT GGA AAT TAT TAC ACC TTT CAT AAT GCA ATA 1536 Tyr Leu Asp Tyr His Asp Gly Asn Tyr Tyr Thr Phe His Asn Ala Ile 500 505 510 ATC AAC TAC TAT CCG TCT GGA TAT GGT GGT GGA TCT GTT CCT AAT GGA 1584 Ile Asn Tyr Tyr Pro Ser Gly Tyr Gly Gly Gly Ser Val Pro Asn Gly 515 520 525 ACG TGG GCG TTA GAG CAA AGG ATT AAT GAG GGA TGG GCT ATT GCT CCC 1632 Thr Trp Ala Leu Glu Gln Arg Ile Asn Glu Gly Trp Ala Ile Ala Pro 530 535 540 CTG CTT GAT ACT CTC CAT ACT GTT ACT GTG AAG GGC AGT TAT ATC GCT 1680 Leu Leu Asp Thr Leu His Thr Val Thr Val Lys Gly Ser Tyr Ile Ala 545 550 555 560 TGG GAA GGG GAA ACA CCT ACC GGT TAT AAT CTG TAT ATT CCA GAT GGT 1728 Trp Glu Gly Glu Thr Pro Thr Gly Tyr Asn Leu Tyr Ile Pro Asp Gly 565 570 575 ACC GTG TTG CTA GAT TGG TTT GAT AAA ATA AAT TTT GCT ATT GGT CTT 1776 Thr Val Leu Leu Asp Trp Phe Asp Lys Ile Asn Phe Ala Ile Gly Leu 580 585 590 AAT AAG CTT GAG TCT GTA TTT ACG TCG CCA GAT TGG CCA ACA CTA ACC 1824 Asn Lys Leu Glu Ser Val Phe Thr Ser Pro Asp Trp Pro Thr Leu Thr 595 600 605 ACT ATC AAA AAT TTC AGT AAA ATC GCC GAT AAC CGC AAA TTC TAT CAG 1872 Thr Ile Lys Asn Phe Ser Lys Ile Ala Asp Asn Arg Lys Phe Tyr Gln 610 615 620 GAA ATC AAT GCT GAG ACG GCG GAT GGA CGC AAC CTG TTT AAA CGT TAC 1920 Glu Ile Asn Ala Glu Thr Ala Asp Gly Arg Asn Leu Phe Lys Arg Tyr 625 630 635 640 AGT ACT CAA ACT TTC GGA CTT ACC AGC GGT GCG ACT TAT TCT ACA ACT 1968 Ser Thr Gln Thr Phe Gly Leu Thr Ser Gly Ala Thr Tyr Ser Thr Thr 645 650 655 TAT ACT TTG TCT GAG GCG GAT TTC TCC ACT GAT CCG GAC AAA AAC TAC 2016 Tyr Thr Leu Ser Glu Ala Asp Phe Ser Thr Asp Pro Asp Lys Asn Tyr 660 665 670 CTA CAG GTT TGT TTG AAT GTC GTG TGG GAT CAT TAT GAC CGC CCG TCA 2064 Leu Gln Val Cys Leu Asn Val Val Trp Asp His Tyr Asp Arg Pro Ser 675 680 685 GGG AAA AAA GGG GCT TAT TCT TGG GTC AGT AAG TGG TTT AAC GTC TAT 2112 Gly Lys Lys Gly Ala Tyr Ser Trp Val Ser Lys Trp Phe Asn Val Tyr 690 695 700 GTT GCG TTG CAA GAT AGC AAA GCT CCG GAT GCC ATT CCT CGA TTA GTT 2160 Val Ala Leu Gln Asp Ser Lys Ala Pro Asp Ala Ile Pro Arg Leu Val 705 710 715 720 TCC CGT TAC GAT AGT AAA CGT GGT CTG GTG CAA TAT CTG GAC TTC TGG 2208 Ser Arg Tyr Asp Ser Lys Arg Gly Leu Val Gln Tyr Leu Asp Phe Trp 725 730 735 ACC TCA TCA TTA CCC GCG AAA ACC CGT CTT AAC ACC ACC TTT GTG CGT 2256 Thr Ser Ser Leu Pro Ala Lys Thr Arg Leu Asn Thr Thr Phe Val Arg 740 745 750 ACT TTG ATT GAG AAG GCT AAT CTG GGG CTG GAT AGT TTG CTG GAT TAC 2304 Thr Leu Ile Glu Lys Ala Asn Leu Gly Leu Asp Ser Leu Leu Asp Tyr 755 760 765 ACC TTG CAG GCA GAT CCT TCT CTG GAA GCA GAT TTA GTG ACT GAC GGC 2352 Thr Leu Gln Ala Asp Pro Ser Leu Glu Ala Asp Leu Val Thr Asp Gly 770 775 780 AAA AGC GAA CCA ATG GAC TTT AAT GGT TCA AAC GGT CTC TAT TTC TGG 2400 Lys Ser Glu Pro Met Asp Phe Asn Gly Ser Asn Gly Leu Tyr Phe Trp 785 790 795 800 GAA TTG TTC TTT CAC CTG CCG TTT TTG GTT GCT ACA CGC TTT GCC AAC 2448 Glu Leu Phe Phe His Leu Pro Phe Leu Val Ala Thr Arg Phe Ala Asn 805 810 815 GAA CAG CAA TTT TCG CCG GCA CAA AAG AGT TTG CAT TAC ATC TTT GAC 2496 Glu Gln Gln Phe Ser Pro Ala Gln Lys Ser Leu His Tyr Ile Phe Asp 820 825 830 CCG GCG ATG AAA AAC AAG CCA CAC AAT GCC CCG GCT TAT TGG AAT GTA 2544 Pro Ala Met Lys Asn Lys Pro His Asn Ala Pro Ala Tyr Trp Asn Val 835 840 845 CGT CCG TTG GTT GAA GGA AAC AGC GAT TTG TCA CGT CAT TTG GAC GAT 2592 Arg Pro Leu Val Glu Gly Asn Ser Asp Leu Ser Arg His Leu Asp Asp 850 855 860 TCT ATA GAC CCA GAT ACT CAA GCT TAT GCT CAT CCG GTG ATA TAC CAG 2640 Ser Ile Asp Pro Asp Thr Gln Ala Tyr Ala His Pro Val Ile Tyr Gln 865 870 875 880 AAA GCG GTG TTT ATT GCC TAT GTC AGT AAC CTG ATT GCT CAG GGA GAT 2688 Lys Ala Val Phe Ile Ala Tyr Val Ser Asn Leu Ile Ala Gln Gly Asp 885 890 895 ATG TGG TAT CGC CAA TTG ACT CGT GAC GGT CTG ACT CAG GCC CGT GTC 2736 Met Trp Tyr Arg Gln Leu Thr Arg Asp Gly Leu Thr Gln Ala Arg Val 900 905 910 TAT TAC AAT CTG GCC GCT GAA TTG CTA GGG CCT CGT CCG GAT GTA TCG 2784 Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Ala Ala Glu Leu Leu Gly Pro Arg Pro Asp Val Ser 915 920 925 CTG AGT AGC ATT TGG ACG CCG CAA ACC CTG GAT ACC TTA GCA GCC GGG 2832 Leu Ser Ser Ile Trp Thr Pro Gln Thr Leu Asp Thr Leu Ala Ala Gly 930 935 940 CAA AAA GCG GTT TTA CGT GAT TTT GAG CAC CAG TTG GCT AAT AGT GAT 2880 Gln Lys Ala Val Leu Arg Asp Phe Glu His Gln Leu Ala Asn Ser Asp 945 950 955 960 ACC GCT TTA CCC GCA TTG CCG GGC CGC AAT GTC AGC TAC TTG AAA CTG 2928 Thr Ala Leu Pro Ala Leu Pro Gly Arg Asn Val Ser Tyr Leu Lys Leu 965 970 975 GCA GAT AAT GGC TAC TTT AAT GAA CCG CTC AAT GTT CTG ATG TTG TCT 2976 Ala Asp Asn Gly Tyr Phe Asn Glu Pro Leu Asn Val Leu Met Leu Ser 980 985 990 CAC TGG GAT ACG TTG GAT GCA CGG TTA TAC AAT CTG CGT CAT AAC CTG 3024 His Trp Asp Thr Leu Asp Ala Arg Leu Tyr Asn Leu Arg His Asn Leu 995 1000 1005 ACC GTT GAT GGC AAG CCG CTT TCG CTG CCG CTG TAT GCT GCG CCT GTT 3072 Thr Val Asp Gly Lys Pro Leu Ser Leu Pro Leu Tyr Ala Ala Pro Val 1010 1015 1020 GAT CCG GTA GCG TTG TTG GCT CAG CGT GCT CAG TCC GGC ACG TTG ACG 3120 Asp Pro Val Ala Leu Leu Ala Gln Arg Ala Gln Ser Gly Thr Leu Thr 1025 1030 1035 1040 AAT GGC GTC AGT GGC GCC ATG TTG ACG GTG CCG CCA TAC CGT TTC AGC 3168 Asn Gly Val Ser Gly Ala Met Leu Thr Val Pro Pro Tyr Arg Phe Ser 1045 1050 1055 GCT ATG TTG CCG CGA GCT TAC AGC GCC GTG GGT ACG TTG ACC AGT TTT 3216 Ala Met Leu Pro Arg Ala Tyr Ser Ala Val Gly Thr Leu Thr Ser Phe 1060 1065 1070 GGT CAG AAC CTG CTT AGT TTG TTG GAA CGT AGC GAA CGA GCC TGT CAA 3264 Gly Gln Asn Leu Leu Ser Leu Leu Glu Arg Ser Glu Arg Ala Cys Gln 1075 1080 1085 GAA GAG TTG GCG CAA CAG CAA CTG TTG GAT ATG TCC AGC TAT GCC ATC 3312 Glu Glu Leu Ala Gln Gln Gln Leu Leu Asp Met Ser Ser Tyr Ala Ile 1090 1095 1100 ACG TTG CAA CAA CAG GCG CTG GAT GGA TTG GCG GCA GAT CGT CTG GCG 3360 Thr Leu Gln Gln Gln Ala Leu Asp Gly Leu Ala Ala Asp Arg Leu Ala 1105 1110 1115 1120 CTG CTA GCT AGT CAG GCT ACG GCA CAA CAG CGT CAT GAC CAT TAT TAC 3408 Leu Leu Ala Ser Gln Ala Thr Ala Gln Gln Arg His Asp His Tyr Tyr 1125 1130 1135 ACT CTG TAT CAG AAC AAC ATC TCC AGT GCG GAA CAA CTG GTG ATG GAC 3456 Thr Leu Tyr Gln Asn Asn Ile Ser Ser Ala Glu Gln Leu Val Met Asp 1140 1145 1150 ACC CAA ACG TCA GCA CAA TCC CTG ATT TCT TCT TCC ACT GGT GTA CAA 3504 Thr Gln Thr Ser Ala Gln Ser Leu Ile Ser Ser Ser Thr Gly Val Gln 1155 1160 1165 ACT GCC AGT GGG GCA CTG AAA GTG ATC CCG AAT ATC TTT GGT TTG GCT 3552 Thr Ala Ser Gly Ala Leu Lys Val Ile Pro Asn Ile Phe Gly Leu Ala 1170 1175 1180 GAT GGC GGC TCG CGC TAT GAA GGA GTA ACG GAA GCG ATT GCC ATC GGG 3600 Asp Gly Gly Ser Arg Tyr Glu Gly Val Thr Glu Ala Ile Ala Ile Gly 1185 1190 1195 1200 TTA ATG GCT GCC GGA CAA GCC ACC AGC GTG GTG GCC GAG CGT CTG GCA 3648 Leu Met Ala Ala Gly Gln Ala Thr Ser Val Val Ala Glu Arg Leu Ala 1205 1210 1215 ACC ACG GAG AAT TAC CGC CGC CGC CGT GAA GAG TGG CAA ATC CAA TAC 3696 Thr Thr Glu Asn Tyr Arg Arg Arg Arg Glu Glu Trp Gln Ile Gln Tyr 1220 1225 1230 CAG CAG GCA CAG TCT GAG GTC GAC GCA TTA CAG AAA CAG TTG GAT GCG 3744 Gln Gln Ala Gln Ser Glu Val Asp Ala Leu Gln Lys Gln Leu Asp Ala 1235 1240 1245 CTG GCA GTG CGC GAG AAA GCA GCT CAA ACT TCC CTG CAA CAG GCG AAG 3792 Leu Ala Val Arg Glu Lys Ala Ala Gln Thr Ser Leu Gln Gln Ala Lys 1250 1255 1260 GCA CAG CAG GTA CAA ATT CGG ACC ATG CTG ACT TAC TTA ACT ACT CGT 3840 Ala Gln Gln Val Gln Ile Arg Thr Met Leu Thr Tyr Leu Thr Thr Arg 1265 1270 1275 1280 TTC ACC CAG GCG ACT CTG TAC CAG TGG CTG AGT GGT CAA TTA TCC GCG 3888 Phe Thr Gln Ala Thr Leu Tyr Gln Trp Leu Ser Gly Gln Leu Ser Ala 1285 1290 1295 TTG TAT TAT CAA GCG TAT GAT GCC GTG GTT GCT CTC TGC CTC TCC GCC 3936 Leu Tyr Tyr Gln Ala Tyr Asp Ala Val Val Ala Leu Cys Leu Ser Ala 1300 1305 1310 CAA GCT TGC TGG CAG TAT GAA TTG GGT GAT TAC GCT ACC ACT TTT ATC 3984 Gln Ala Cys Trp Gln Tyr Glu Leu Gly Asp Tyr Ala Thr Thr Phe Ile 1315 1320 1325 CAG ACC GGT ACC TGG AAC GAC CAT TAC CGT GGT TTG CAA GTG GGG GAG 4032 Gln Thr Gly Thr Trp Asn Asp His Tyr Arg Gly Leu Gln Val Gly Glu 1330 1335 1340 ACA CTG CAA CTC AAT TTG CAT CAG ATG GAA GCG GCC TAT TTA GTT CGT 4080 Thr Leu Gln Leu Asn Leu His Gln Met Glu Ala Ala Tyr Leu Val Arg 1345 1350 1355 1360 CAC GAA CGC CGT CTT AAT GTG ATC CGT ACT GTG TCG CTC AAA AGC CTA 4128 His Glu Arg Arg Leu Asn Val Ile Arg Thr Val Ser Leu Lys Ser Leu 1365 1370 1375 TTG GGT GAT GAT GGT TTT GGT AAG TTA AAA ACC GAA GGC AAA GTC GAC 4176 Leu Gly Asp Asp Gly Phe Gly Lys Leu Lys Thr Glu Gly Lys Val Asp 1380 1385 1390 TTT CCA TTA AGC GAA AAG CTG TTT GAC AAC GAC TAT CCG GGG CAC TAT 4224 Phe Pro Leu Ser Glu Lys Leu Phe Asp Asn Asp Tyr Pro Gly His Tyr 1395 1400 1405 TTG CGC CAG ATT AAA ACT GTG TCA GTG ACG TTG CCG ACG TTA GTC GGG 4272 Leu Arg Gln Ile Lys Thr Val Ser Val Thr Leu Pro Thr Leu Val Gly 1410 1415 1420 CCG TAT CAA AAC GTG AAG GCA ACG CTC ACT CAG ACC AGC AGC AGT ATA 4320 Pro Tyr Gln Asn Val Lys Ala Thr Leu Thr Gln Thr Ser Ser Ser Ile 1425 1430 1435 1440 TTG TTA GCA GCA GAT ATC AAT GGT GTT AAA CGT CTC AAT GAT CCG ACA 4368 Leu Leu Ala Ala Asp Ile Asn Gly Val Lys Arg Leu Asn Asp Pro Thr 1445 1450 1455 GGT AAA GAG GGT GAT GCG ACG CAT ATT GTC ACC AAT CTG CGT GCC AGC 4416 Gly Lys Glu Gly Asp Ala Thr His Ile Val Thr Asn Leu Arg Ala Ser 1460 1465 1470 CAG CAG GTG GCG CTC TCT TCT GGC ATT AAT GAT GCC GGT AGC TTT GAG 4464 Gln Gln Val Ala Leu Ser Ser Gly Ile Asn Asp Ala Gly Ser Phe Glu 1475 1480 1485 TTG CGT TTG GAA GAT GAG CGC TAT CTA TCA TTT GAG GGG ACT GGA GCT 4512 Leu Arg Leu Glu Asp Glu Arg Tyr Leu Ser Phe Glu Gly Thr Gly Ala 1490 1495 1500 GTT TCC AAA TGG ACT CTT AAC TTC CCG CGT TCT GTG GAT GAG CAT ATT 4560 Val Ser Lys Trp Thr Leu Asn Phe Pro Arg Ser Val Asp Glu His Ile 1505 1510 1515 1520 GAC GAT AAG ACA TTG AAA GCG GAT GAG ATG CAG GCC GCA CTG TTG GCG 4608 Asp Asp Lys Thr Leu Lys Ala Asp Glu Met Gln Ala Ala Leu Leu Ala 1525 1530 1535 AAT ATG GAT GAT GTG CTG GTG CAG GTG CAT TAT ACC GCC TGC GAC GGC 4656 Asn Met Asp Asp Val Leu Val Gln Val His Tyr Thr Ala Cys Asp Gly 1540 1545 1550 GGC GCC AGT TTC GCA AAC CAG GTC AAG AAA ACA CTC TCT TAA 4698 Gly Ala Ser Phe Ala Asn Gln Val Lys Lys Thr Leu Ser 1555 1560 1565 CATTAACTTT TAACTAATCC CTCCCACTCT GTTCGCCAGA GTGGGAGAAG GTTTGTCATA 4758 TCTAAAATCA ATCTTGCGAT CTTTCTCCAT TTCATTGGAA GGGAAGCTGT AAAACAAATA 4818 AGGAATATGA TATG 4832 1565 amino acids amino acid linear protein 59 Met Leu Ser Thr Met Glu Lys Gln Leu Asn Glu Ser Gln Arg Asp Ala 1 5 10 15 Leu Val Thr Gly Tyr Met Asn Phe Val Ala Pro Thr Leu Lys Gly Val 20 25 30 Ser Gly Gln Pro Val Thr Val Glu Asp Leu Tyr Glu Tyr Leu Leu Ile 35 40 45 Asp Pro Glu Val Ala Asp Glu Val Glu Thr Ser Arg Val Ala Gln Ala 50 55 60 Ile Ala Ser Ile Gln Gln Tyr Met Thr Arg Leu Val Asn Gly Ser Glu 65 70 75 80 Pro Gly Arg Gln Ala Met Glu Pro Ser Thr Ala Asn Glu Trp Arg Asp 85 90 95 Asn Asp Asn Gln Tyr Ala Ile Trp Ala Ala Gly Ala Glu Val Arg Asn 100 105 110 Tyr Ala Glu Asn Tyr Ile Ser Pro Ile Thr Arg Gln Glu Lys Ser His 115 120 125 Tyr Phe Ser Glu Leu Glu Thr Thr Leu Asn Gln Asn Arg Leu Asp Pro 130 135 140 Asp Arg Val Gln Asp Ala Val Leu Ala Tyr Leu Asn Glu Phe Glu Ala 145 150 155 160 Val Ser Asn Leu Tyr Val Leu Ser Gly Tyr Ile Asn Gln Asp Lys Phe 165 170 175 Asp Gln Ala Ile Tyr Tyr Phe Ile Gly Arg Thr Thr Thr Lys Pro Tyr 180 185 190 Arg Tyr Tyr Trp Arg Gln Met Asp Leu Ser Lys Asn Arg Gln Asp Pro 195 200 205 Ala Gly Asn Pro Val Thr Pro Asn Cys Trp Asn Asp Trp Gln Glu Ile 210 215 220 Thr Leu Pro Leu Ser Gly Asp Thr Val Leu Glu His Thr Val Arg Pro 225 230 235 240 Val Phe Tyr Asn Asp Arg Leu Tyr Val Ala Trp Val Glu Arg Asp Pro 245 250 255 Ala Val Gln Lys Asp Ala Asp Gly Lys Asn Ile Gly Lys Thr His Ala 260 265 270 Tyr Asn Ile Lys Phe Gly Tyr Lys Arg Tyr Asp Asp Thr Trp Thr Ala 275 280 285 Pro Asn Thr Thr Thr Leu Met Thr Gln Gln Ala Gly Glu Ser Ser Glu 290 295 300 Thr Gln Arg Ser Ser Leu Leu Ile Asp Glu Ser Ser Thr Thr Leu Arg 305 310 315 320 Gln Val Asn Leu Leu Ala Thr Thr Asp Phe Ser Ile Asp Pro Thr Glu 325 330 335 Glu Thr Asp Ser Asn Pro Tyr Gly Arg Leu Met Leu Gly Val Phe Val 340 345 350 Arg Gln Phe Glu Gly Asp Gly Ala Asn Arg Lys Asn Lys Pro Val Val 355 360 365 Tyr Gly Tyr Leu Tyr Cys Asp Ser Ala Phe Asn Arg His Val Leu Arg 370 375 380 Pro Leu Ser Lys Asn Phe Leu Phe Ser Thr Tyr Arg Asp Glu Thr Asp 385 390 395 400 Gly Gln Asn Ser Leu Gln Phe Ala Val Tyr Asp Lys Lys Tyr Val Ile 405 410 415 Thr Lys Val Val Thr Gly Ala Thr Glu Asp Pro Glu Asn Thr Gly Trp 420 425 430 Val Ser Lys Val Asp Asp Leu Lys Gln Gly Thr Thr Gly Ala Tyr Val 435 440 445 Tyr Ile Asp Gln Asp Gly Leu Thr Leu His Ile Gln Thr Thr Thr Asn 450 455 460 Gly Asp Phe Ile Asn Arg His Thr Phe Gly Tyr Asn Asp Leu Val Tyr 465 470 475 480 Asp Ser Lys Ser Gly Tyr Gly Phe Thr Trp Ser Gly Asn Glu Gly Phe 485 490 495 Tyr Leu Asp Tyr His Asp Gly Asn Tyr Tyr Thr Phe His Asn Ala Ile 500 505 510 Ile Asn Tyr Tyr Pro Ser Gly Tyr Gly Gly Gly Ser Val Pro Asn Gly 515 520 525 Thr Trp Ala Leu Glu Gln Arg Ile Asn Glu Gly Trp Ala Ile Ala Pro 530 535 540 Leu Leu Asp Thr Leu His Thr Val Thr Val Lys Gly Ser Tyr Ile Ala 545 550 555 560 Trp Glu Gly Glu Thr Pro Thr Gly Tyr Asn Leu Tyr Ile Pro Asp Gly 565 570 575 Thr Val Leu Leu Asp Trp Phe Asp Lys Ile Asn Phe Ala Ile Gly Leu 580 585 590 Asn Lys Leu Glu Ser Val Phe Thr Ser Pro Asp Trp Pro Thr Leu Thr 595 600 605 Thr Ile Lys Asn Phe Ser Lys Ile Ala Asp Asn Arg Lys Phe Tyr Gln 610 615 620 Glu Ile Asn Ala Glu Thr Ala Asp Gly Arg Asn Leu Phe Lys Arg Tyr 625 630 635 640 Ser Thr Gln Thr Phe Gly Leu Thr Ser Gly Ala Thr Tyr Ser Thr Thr 645 650 655 Tyr Thr Leu Ser Glu Ala Asp Phe Ser Thr Asp Pro Asp Lys Asn Tyr 660 665 670 Leu Gln Val Cys Leu Asn Val Val Trp Asp His Tyr Asp Arg Pro Ser 675 680 685 Gly Lys Lys Gly Ala Tyr Ser Trp Val Ser Lys Trp Phe Asn Val Tyr 690 695 700 Val Ala Leu Gln Asp Ser Lys Ala Pro Asp Ala Ile Pro Arg Leu Val 705 710 715 720 Ser Arg Tyr Asp Ser Lys Arg Gly Leu Val Gln Tyr Leu Asp Phe Trp 725 730 735 Thr Ser Ser Leu Pro Ala Lys Thr Arg Leu Asn Thr Thr Phe Val Arg 740 745 750 Thr Leu Ile Glu Lys Ala Asn Leu Gly Leu Asp Ser Leu Leu Asp Tyr 755 760 765 Thr Leu Gln Ala Asp Pro Ser Leu Glu Ala Asp Leu Val Thr Asp Gly 770 775 780 Lys Ser Glu Pro Met Asp Phe Asn Gly Ser Asn Gly Leu Tyr Phe Trp 785 790 795 800 Glu Leu Phe Phe His Leu Pro Phe Leu Val Ala Thr Arg Phe Ala Asn 805 810 815 Glu Gln Gln Phe Ser Pro Ala Gln Lys Ser Leu His Tyr Ile Phe Asp 820 825 830 Pro Ala Met Lys Asn Lys Pro His Asn Ala Pro Ala Tyr Trp Asn Val 835 840 845 Arg Pro Leu Val Glu Gly Asn Ser Asp Leu Ser Arg His Leu Asp Asp 850 855 860 Ser Ile Asp Pro Asp Thr Gln Ala Tyr Ala His Pro Val Ile Tyr Gln 865 870 875 880 Lys Ala Val Phe Ile Ala Tyr Val Ser Asn Leu Ile Ala Gln Gly Asp 885 890 895 Met Trp Tyr Arg Gln Leu Thr Arg Asp Gly Leu Thr Gln Ala Arg Val 900 905 910 Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Ala Ala Glu Leu Leu Gly Pro Arg Pro Asp Val Ser 915 920 925 Leu Ser Ser Ile Trp Thr Pro Gln Thr Leu Asp Thr Leu Ala Ala Gly 930 935 940 Gln Lys Ala Val Leu Arg Asp Phe Glu His Gln Leu Ala Asn Ser Asp 945 950 955 960 Thr Ala Leu Pro Ala Leu Pro Gly Arg Asn Val Ser Tyr Leu Lys Leu 965 970 975 Ala Asp Asn Gly Tyr Phe Asn Glu Pro Leu Asn Val Leu Met Leu Ser 980 985 990 His Trp Asp Thr Leu Asp Ala Arg Leu Tyr Asn Leu Arg His Asn Leu 995 1000 1005 Thr Val Asp Gly Lys Pro Leu Ser Leu Pro Leu Tyr Ala Ala Pro Val 1010 1015 1020 Asp Pro Val Ala Leu Leu Ala Gln Arg Ala Gln Ser Gly Thr Leu Thr 1025 1030 1035 1040 Asn Gly Val Ser Gly Ala Met Leu Thr Val Pro Pro Tyr Arg Phe Ser 1045 1050 1055 Ala Met Leu Pro Arg Ala Tyr Ser Ala Val Gly Thr Leu Thr Ser Phe 1060 1065 1070 Gly Gln Asn Leu Leu Ser Leu Leu Glu Arg Ser Glu Arg Ala Cys Gln 1075 1080 1085 Glu Glu Leu Ala Gln Gln Gln Leu Leu Asp Met Ser Ser Tyr Ala Ile 1090 1095 1100 Thr Leu Gln Gln Gln Ala Leu Asp Gly Leu Ala Ala Asp Arg Leu Ala 1105 1110 1115 1120 Leu Leu Ala Ser Gln Ala Thr Ala Gln Gln Arg His Asp His Tyr Tyr 1125 1130 1135 Thr Leu Tyr Gln Asn Asn Ile Ser Ser Ala Glu Gln Leu Val Met Asp 1140 1145 1150 Thr Gln Thr Ser Ala Gln Ser Leu Ile Ser Ser Ser Thr Gly Val Gln 1155 1160 1165 Thr Ala Ser Gly Ala Leu Lys Val Ile Pro Asn Ile Phe Gly Leu Ala 1170 1175 1180 Asp Gly Gly Ser Arg Tyr Glu Gly Val Thr Glu Ala Ile Ala Ile Gly 1185 1190 1195 1200 Leu Met Ala Ala Gly Gln Ala Thr Ser Val Val Ala Glu Arg Leu Ala 1205 1210 1215 Thr Thr Glu Asn Tyr Arg Arg Arg Arg Glu Glu Trp Gln Ile Gln Tyr 1220 1225 1230 Gln Gln Ala Gln Ser Glu Val Asp Ala Leu Gln Lys Gln Leu Asp Ala 1235 1240 1245 Leu Ala Val Arg Glu Lys Ala Ala Gln Thr Ser Leu Gln Gln Ala Lys 1250 1255 1260 Ala Gln Gln Val Gln Ile Arg Thr Met Leu Thr Tyr Leu Thr Thr Arg 1265 1270 1275 1280 Phe Thr Gln Ala Thr Leu Tyr Gln Trp Leu Ser Gly Gln Leu Ser Ala 1285 1290 1295 Leu Tyr Tyr Gln Ala Tyr Asp Ala Val Val Ala Leu Cys Leu Ser Ala 1300 1305 1310 Gln Ala Cys Trp Gln Tyr Glu Leu Gly Asp Tyr Ala Thr Thr Phe Ile 1315 1320 1325 Gln Thr Gly Thr Trp Asn Asp His Tyr Arg Gly Leu Gln Val Gly Glu 1330 1335 1340 Thr Leu Gln Leu Asn Leu His Gln Met Glu Ala Ala Tyr Leu Val Arg 1345 1350 1355 1360 His Glu Arg Arg Leu Asn Val Ile Arg Thr Val Ser Leu Lys Ser Leu 1365 1370 1375 Leu Gly Asp Asp Gly Phe Gly Lys Leu Lys Thr Glu Gly Lys Val Asp 1380 1385 1390 Phe Pro Leu Ser Glu Lys Leu Phe Asp Asn Asp Tyr Pro Gly His Tyr 1395 1400 1405 Leu Arg Gln Ile Lys Thr Val Ser Val Thr Leu Pro Thr Leu Val Gly 1410 1415 1420 Pro Tyr Gln Asn Val Lys Ala Thr Leu Thr Gln Thr Ser Ser Ser Ile 1425 1430 1435 1440 Leu Leu Ala Ala Asp Ile Asn Gly Val Lys Arg Leu Asn Asp Pro Thr 1445 1450 1455 Gly Lys Glu Gly Asp Ala Thr His Ile Val Thr Asn Leu Arg Ala Ser 1460 1465 1470 Gln Gln Val Ala Leu Ser Ser Gly Ile Asn Asp Ala Gly Ser Phe Glu 1475 1480 1485 Leu Arg Leu Glu Asp Glu Arg Tyr Leu Ser Phe Glu Gly Thr Gly Ala 1490 1495 1500 Val Ser Lys Trp Thr Leu Asn Phe Pro Arg Ser Val Asp Glu His Ile 1505 1510 1515 1520 Asp Asp Lys Thr Leu Lys Ala Asp Glu Met Gln Ala Ala Leu Leu Ala 1525 1530 1535 Asn Met Asp Asp Val Leu Val Gln Val His Tyr Thr Ala Cys Asp Gly 1540 1545 1550 Gly Ala Ser Phe Ala Asn Gln Val Lys Lys Thr Leu Ser 1555 1560 1565 3132 base pairs nucleic acid double linear DNA (genomic) 60 ATG AGT CCG TCT GAG ACT ACT CTT TAT ACT CAA ACC CCA ACA GTC AGC 48 Met Ser Pro Ser Glu Thr Thr Leu Tyr Thr Gln Thr Pro Thr Val Ser 1 5 10 15 GTG TTA GAT AAT CGC GGT CTG TCC ATT CGT GAT ATT GGT TTT CAC CGT 96 Val Leu Asp Asn Arg Gly Leu Ser Ile Arg Asp Ile Gly Phe His Arg 20 25 30 ATT GTA ATC GGG GGG GAT ACT GAC ACC CGC GTC ACC CGT CAC CAG TAT 144 Ile Val Ile Gly Gly Asp Thr Asp Thr Arg Val Thr Arg His Gln Tyr 35 40 45 GAT GCC CGT GGA CAC CTG AAC TAC AGT ATT GAC CCA CGC TTG TAT GAT 192 Asp Ala Arg Gly His Leu Asn Tyr Ser Ile Asp Pro Arg Leu Tyr Asp 50 55 60 GCA AAG CAG GCT GAT AAC TCA GTA AAG CCT AAT TTT GTC TGG CAG CAT 240 Ala Lys Gln Ala Asp Asn Ser Val Lys Pro Asn Phe Val Trp Gln His 65 70 75 80 GAT CTG GCC GGT CAT GCC CTG CGG ACA GAG AGT GTC GAT GCT GGT CGT 288 Asp Leu Ala Gly His Ala Leu Arg Thr Glu Ser Val Asp Ala Gly Arg 85 90 95 ACT GTT GCA TTG AAT GAT ATT GAA GGT CGT TCG GTA ATG ACA ATG AAT 336 Thr Val Ala Leu Asn Asp Ile Glu Gly Arg Ser Val Met Thr Met Asn 100 105 110 GCG ACC GGT GTT CGT CAG ACC CGT CGC TAT GAA GGC AAC ACC TTG CCC 384 Ala Thr Gly Val Arg Gln Thr Arg Arg Tyr Glu Gly Asn Thr Leu Pro 115 120 125 GGT CGC TTG TTA TCT GTG AGC GAG CAA GTT TTC AAC CAA GAG AGT GCT 432 Gly Arg Leu Leu Ser Val Ser Glu Gln Val Phe Asn Gln Glu Ser Ala 130 135 140 AAA GTG ACA GAG CGC TTT ATC TGG GCT GGG AAT ACA ACC TCG GAG AAA 480 Lys Val Thr Glu Arg Phe Ile Trp Ala Gly Asn Thr Thr Ser Glu Lys 145 150 155 160 GAG TAT AAC CTC TCC GGT CTG TGT ATA CGC CAC TAC GAC ACA GCG GGA 528 Glu Tyr Asn Leu Ser Gly Leu Cys Ile Arg His Tyr Asp Thr Ala Gly 165 170 175 GTG ACC CGG TTG ATG AGT CAG TCA CTG GCG GGC GCC ATG CTA TCC CAA 576 Val Thr Arg Leu Met Ser Gln Ser Leu Ala Gly Ala Met Leu Ser Gln 180 185 190 TCT CAC CAA TTG CTG GCG GAA GGG CAG GAG GCT AAC TGG AGC GGT GAC 624 Ser His Gln Leu Leu Ala Glu Gly Gln Glu Ala Asn Trp Ser Gly Asp 195 200 205 GAC GAA ACT GTC TGG CAG GGA ATG CTG GCA AGT GAG GTC TAT ACG ACA 672 Asp Glu Thr Val Trp Gln Gly Met Leu Ala Ser Glu Val Tyr Thr Thr 210 215 220 CAA AGT ACC ACT AAT GCC ATC GGG GCT TTA CTG ACC CAA ACC GAT GCG 720 Gln Ser Thr Thr Asn Ala Ile Gly Ala Leu Leu Thr Gln Thr Asp Ala 225 230 235 240 AAA GGC AAT ATT CAG CGT CTG GCT TAT GAC ATT GCC GGT CAG TTA AAA 768 Lys Gly Asn Ile Gln Arg Leu Ala Tyr Asp Ile Ala Gly Gln Leu Lys 245 250 255 GGG AGT TGG TTG ACG GTG AAA GGC CAG AGT GAA CAG GTG ATT GTT AAG 816 Gly Ser Trp Leu Thr Val Lys Gly Gln Ser Glu Gln Val Ile Val Lys 260 265 270 TCC CTG AGC TGG TCA GCC GCA GGT CAT AAA TTG CGT GAA GAG CAC GGT 864 Ser Leu Ser Trp Ser Ala Ala Gly His Lys Leu Arg Glu Glu His Gly 275 280 285 AAC GGC GTG GTT ACG GAG TAC AGT TAT GAG CCG GAA ACT CAA CGT CTG 912 Asn Gly Val Val Thr Glu Tyr Ser Tyr Glu Pro Glu Thr Gln Arg Leu 290 295 300 ATA GGT ATC ACC ACC CGG CGT GCC GAA GGG AGT CAA TCA GGA GCC AGA 960 Ile Gly Ile Thr Thr Arg Arg Ala Glu Gly Ser Gln Ser Gly Ala Arg 305 310 315 320 GTA TTG CAG GAT CTA CGC TAT AAG TAT GAT CCG GTG GGG AAT GTT ATC 1008 Val Leu Gln Asp Leu Arg Tyr Lys Tyr Asp Pro Val Gly Asn Val Ile 325 330 335 AGT ATC CAT AAT GAT GCC GAA GCT ACC CGC TTT TGG CGT AAT CAG AAA 1056 Ser Ile His Asn Asp Ala Glu Ala Thr Arg Phe Trp Arg Asn Gln Lys 340 345 350 GTG GAG CCG GAG AAT CGC TAT GTT TAT GAT TCT CTG TAT CAG CTT ATG 1104 Val Glu Pro Glu Asn Arg Tyr Val Tyr Asp Ser Leu Tyr Gln Leu Met 355 360 365 AGT GCG ACA GGG CGT GAA ATG GCT AAT ATC GGT CAG CAA AGC AAC CAA 1152 Ser Ala Thr Gly Arg Glu Met Ala Asn Ile Gly Gln Gln Ser Asn Gln 370 375 380 CTT CCC TCA CCC GTT ATA CCT GTT CCT ACT GAC GAC AGC ACT TAT ACC 1200 Leu Pro Ser Pro Val Ile Pro Val Pro Thr Asp Asp Ser Thr Tyr Thr 385 390 395 400 AAT TAC CTT CGT ACC TAT ACT TAT GAC CGT GGC GGT AAT TTG GTT CAA 1248 Asn Tyr Leu Arg Thr Tyr Thr Tyr Asp Arg Gly Gly Asn Leu Val Gln 405 410 415 ATC CGA CAC AGT TCA CCC GCG ACT CAA AAT AGT TAC ACC ACA GAT ATC 1296 Ile Arg His Ser Ser Pro Ala Thr Gln Asn Ser Tyr Thr Thr Asp Ile 420 425 430 ACC GTT TCA AGC CGC AGT AAC CGG GCG GTA TTG AGT ACA TTA ACG ACA 1344 Thr Val Ser Ser Arg Ser Asn Arg Ala Val Leu Ser Thr Leu Thr Thr 435 440 445 GAT CCA ACC CGA GTG GAT GCG CTA TTT GAT TCC GGC GGT CAT CAG AAG 1392 Asp Pro Thr Arg Val Asp Ala Leu Phe Asp Ser Gly Gly His Gln Lys 450 455 460 ATG TTA ATA CCG GGG CAA AAT CTG GAT TGG AAT ATT CGG GGT GAA TTG 1440 Met Leu Ile Pro Gly Gln Asn Leu Asp Trp Asn Ile Arg Gly Glu Leu 465 470 475 480 CAA CGA GTC ACA CCG GTG AGC CGT GAA AAT AGC AGT GAC AGT GAA TGG 1488 Gln Arg Val Thr Pro Val Ser Arg Glu Asn Ser Ser Asp Ser Glu Trp 485 490 495 TAT CGC TAT AGC AGT GAT GGC ATG CGG CTG CTA AAA GTG AGT GAA CAG 1536 Tyr Arg Tyr Ser Ser Asp Gly Met Arg Leu Leu Lys Val Ser Glu Gln 500 505 510 CAG ACG GGC AAC AGT ACT CAA GTA CAA CGG GTG ACT TAT CTG CCG GGA 1584 Gln Thr Gly Asn Ser Thr Gln Val Gln Arg Val Thr Tyr Leu Pro Gly 515 520 525 TTA GAG CTA CGG ACA ACT GGG GTT GCA GAT AAA ACA ACC GAA GAT TTG 1632 Leu Glu Leu Arg Thr Thr Gly Val Ala Asp Lys Thr Thr Glu Asp Leu 530 535 540 CAG GTG ATT ACG GTA GGT GAA GCG GGT CGC GCA CAG GTA AGG GTA TTG 1680 Gln Val Ile Thr Val Gly Glu Ala Gly Arg Ala Gln Val Arg Val Leu 545 550 555 560 CAC TGG GAA AGT GGT AAG CCG ACA GAT ATT GAC AAC AAT CAG GTG CGC 1728 His Trp Glu Ser Gly Lys Pro Thr Asp Ile Asp Asn Asn Gln Val Arg 565 570 575 TAC AGC TAC GAT AAT CTG CTT GGC TCC AGC CAG CTT GAA CTG GAT AGC 1776 Tyr Ser Tyr Asp Asn Leu Leu Gly Ser Ser Gln Leu Glu Leu Asp Ser 580 585 590 GAA GGG CAG ATT CTC AGT CAG GAA GAG TAT TAT CCG TAT GGC GGT ACG 1824 Glu Gly Gln Ile Leu Ser Gln Glu Glu Tyr Tyr Pro Tyr Gly Gly Thr 595 600 605 GCG ATA TGG GCG GCG AGA AAT CAG ACA GAA GCC AGC TAC AAA TTT ATT 1872 Ala Ile Trp Ala Ala Arg Asn Gln Thr Glu Ala Ser Tyr Lys Phe Ile 610 615 620 CGT TAC TCC GGT AAA GAG CGG GAT GCC ACT GGA TTG TAT TAT TAC GGC 1920 Arg Tyr Ser Gly Lys Glu Arg Asp Ala Thr Gly Leu Tyr Tyr Tyr Gly 625 630 635 640 TAC CGT TAT TAT CAA CCT TGG GTG GGT CGA TGG TTG AGT GCT GAT CCG 1968 Tyr Arg Tyr Tyr Gln Pro Trp Val Gly Arg Trp Leu Ser Ala Asp Pro 645 650 655 GCG GGA ACC GTG GAT GGG CTG AAT TTG TAC CGA ATG GTG AGG AAT AAC 2016 Ala Gly Thr Val Asp Gly Leu Asn Leu Tyr Arg Met Val Arg Asn Asn 660 665 670 CCC ATC ACA TTG ACT GAC CAT GAC GGA TTA GCA CCG TCT CCA AAT AGA 2064 Pro Ile Thr Leu Thr Asp His Asp Gly Leu Ala Pro Ser Pro Asn Arg 675 680 685 AAT CGA AAT ACA TTT TGG TTT GCT TCA TTT TTG TTT CGT AAA CCT GAT 2112 Asn Arg Asn Thr Phe Trp Phe Ala Ser Phe Leu Phe Arg Lys Pro Asp 690 695 700 GAG GGA ATG TCC GCG TCA ATG AGA CGG GGA CAA AAA ATT GGC AGA GCC 2160 Glu Gly Met Ser Ala Ser Met Arg Arg Gly Gln Lys Ile Gly Arg Ala 705 710 715 720 ATT GCC GGC GGG ATT GCG ATT GGC GGT CTT GCG GCT ACC ATT GCC GCT 2208 Ile Ala Gly Gly Ile Ala Ile Gly Gly Leu Ala Ala Thr Ile Ala Ala 725 730 735 ACG GCT GGC GCG GCT ATC CCC GTC ATT CTG GGG GTT GCG GCC GTA GGC 2256 Thr Ala Gly Ala Ala Ile Pro Val Ile Leu Gly Val Ala Ala Val Gly 740 745 750 GCG GGG ATT GGC GCG TTG ATG GGA TAT AAC GTC GGT AGC CTG CTG GAA 2304 Ala Gly Ile Gly Ala Leu Met Gly Tyr Asn Val Gly Ser Leu Leu Glu 755 760 765 AAA GGC GGG GCA TTA CTT GCT CGA CTC GTA CAG GGG AAA TCG ACG TTA 2352 Lys Gly Gly Ala Leu Leu Ala Arg Leu Val Gln Gly Lys Ser Thr Leu 770 775 780 GTA CAG TCG GCG GCT GGC GCG GCT GCC GGA GCG AGT TCA GCC GCG GCT 2400 Val Gln Ser Ala Ala Gly Ala Ala Ala Gly Ala Ser Ser Ala Ala Ala 785 790 795 800 TAT GGC GCA CGG GCA CAA GGT GTC GGT GTT GCA TCA GCC GCC GGG GCG 2448 Tyr Gly Ala Arg Ala Gln Gly Val Gly Val Ala Ser Ala Ala Gly Ala 805 810 815 GTA ACA GGG GCT GTG GGA TCA TGG ATA AAT AAT GCT GAT CGG GGG ATT 2496 Val Thr Gly Ala Val Gly Ser Trp Ile Asn Asn Ala Asp Arg Gly Ile 820 825 830 GGC GGC GCT ATT GGG GCC GGG AGT GCG GTA GGC ACC ATT GAT ACT ATG 2544 Gly Gly Ala Ile Gly Ala Gly Ser Ala Val Gly Thr Ile Asp Thr Met 835 840 845 TTA GGG ACT GCC TCT ACC CTT ACC CAT GAA GTC GGG GCA GCG GCG GGT 2592 Leu Gly Thr Ala Ser Thr Leu Thr His Glu Val Gly Ala Ala Ala Gly 850 855 860 GGG GCG GCG GGT GGG ATG ATC ACC GGT ACG CAA GGG AGT ACT CGG GCA 2640 Gly Ala Ala Gly Gly Met Ile Thr Gly Thr Gln Gly Ser Thr Arg Ala 865 870 875 880 GGT ATC CAT GCC GGT ATT GGC ACC TAT TAT GGC TCC TGG ATT GGT TTT 2688 Gly Ile His Ala Gly Ile Gly Thr Tyr Tyr Gly Ser Trp Ile Gly Phe 885 890 895 GGT TTA GAT GTC GCT AGT AAC CCC GCC GGA CAT TTA GCG AAT TAC GCA 2736 Gly Leu Asp Val Ala Ser Asn Pro Ala Gly His Leu Ala Asn Tyr Ala 900 905 910 GTG GGT TAT GCC GCT GGT TTG GGT GCT GAA ATG GCT GTC AAC AGA ATA 2784 Val Gly Tyr Ala Ala Gly Leu Gly Ala Glu Met Ala Val Asn Arg Ile 915 920 925 ATG GGT GGT GGA TTT TTG AGT AGG CTC TTA GGC CGG GTT GTC AGC CCA 2832 Met Gly Gly Gly Phe Leu Ser Arg Leu Leu Gly Arg Val Val Ser Pro 930 935 940 TAT GCC GCC GGT TTA GCC AGA CAA TTA GTA CAT TTC AGT GTC GCC AGA 2880 Tyr Ala Ala Gly Leu Ala Arg Gln Leu Val His Phe Ser Val Ala Arg 945 950 955 960 CCT GTC TTT GAG CCG ATA TTT AGT GTT CTC GGC GGG CTT GTC GGT GGT 2928 Pro Val Phe Glu Pro Ile Phe Ser Val Leu Gly Gly Leu Val Gly Gly 965 970 975 ATT GGA ACT GGC CTG CAC AGA GTG ATG GGA AGA GAG AGT TGG ATT TCC 2976 Ile Gly Thr Gly Leu His Arg Val Met Gly Arg Glu Ser Trp Ile Ser 980 985 990 AGA GCG TTA AGT GCT GCC GGT AGT GGT ATA GAT CAT GTC GCT GGC ATG 3024 Arg Ala Leu Ser Ala Ala Gly Ser Gly Ile Asp His Val Ala Gly Met 995 1000 1005 ATT GGT AAT CAG ATC AGA GGC AGG GTC TTG ACC ACA ACC GGG ATC GCT 3072 Ile Gly Asn Gln Ile Arg Gly Arg Val Leu Thr Thr Thr Gly Ile Ala 1010 1015 1020 AAT GCG ATA GAC TAT GGC ACC AGT GCT GTG GGA GCC GCA CGA CGA GTT 3120 Asn Ala Ile Asp Tyr Gly Thr Ser Ala Val Gly Ala Ala Arg Arg Val 1025 1030 1035 1040 TTT TCT TTG TAA 3132 Phe Ser Leu 1043 amino acids amino acid linear protein 61 Met Ser Pro Ser Glu Thr Thr Leu Tyr Thr Gln Thr Pro Thr Val Ser 1 5 10 15 Val Leu Asp Asn Arg Gly Leu Ser Ile Arg Asp Ile Gly Phe His Arg 20 25 30 Ile Val Ile Gly Gly Asp Thr Asp Thr Arg Val Thr Arg His Gln Tyr 35 40 45 Asp Ala Arg Gly His Leu Asn Tyr Ser Ile Asp Pro Arg Leu Tyr Asp 50 55 60 Ala Lys Gln Ala Asp Asn Ser Val Lys Pro Asn Phe Val Trp Gln His 65 70 75 80 Asp Leu Ala Gly His Ala Leu Arg Thr Glu Ser Val Asp Ala Gly Arg 85 90 95 Thr Val Ala Leu Asn Asp Ile Glu Gly Arg Ser Val Met Thr Met Asn 100 105 110 Ala Thr Gly Val Arg Gln Thr Arg Arg Tyr Glu Gly Asn Thr Leu Pro 115 120 125 Gly Arg Leu Leu Ser Val Ser Glu Gln Val Phe Asn Gln Glu Ser Ala 130 135 140 Lys Val Thr Glu Arg Phe Ile Trp Ala Gly Asn Thr Thr Ser Glu Lys 145 150 155 160 Glu Tyr Asn Leu Ser Gly Leu Cys Ile Arg His Tyr Asp Thr Ala Gly 165 170 175 Val Thr Arg Leu Met Ser Gln Ser Leu Ala Gly Ala Met Leu Ser Gln 180 185 190 Ser His Gln Leu Leu Ala Glu Gly Gln Glu Ala Asn Trp Ser Gly Asp 195 200 205 Asp Glu Thr Val Trp Gln Gly Met Leu Ala Ser Glu Val Tyr Thr Thr 210 215 220 Gln Ser Thr Thr Asn Ala Ile Gly Ala Leu Leu Thr Gln Thr Asp Ala 225 230 235 240 Lys Gly Asn Ile Gln Arg Leu Ala Tyr Asp Ile Ala Gly Gln Leu Lys 245 250 255 Gly Ser Trp Leu Thr Val Lys Gly Gln Ser Glu Gln Val Ile Val Lys 260 265 270 Ser Leu Ser Trp Ser Ala Ala Gly His Lys Leu Arg Glu Glu His Gly 275 280 285 Asn Gly Val Val Thr Glu Tyr Ser Tyr Glu Pro Glu Thr Gln Arg Leu 290 295 300 Ile Gly Ile Thr Thr Arg Arg Ala Glu Gly Ser Gln Ser Gly Ala Arg 305 310 315 320 Val Leu Gln Asp Leu Arg Tyr Lys Tyr Asp Pro Val Gly Asn Val Ile 325 330 335 Ser Ile His Asn Asp Ala Glu Ala Thr Arg Phe Trp Arg Asn Gln Lys 340 345 350 Val Glu Pro Glu Asn Arg Tyr Val Tyr Asp Ser Leu Tyr Gln Leu Met 355 360 365 Ser Ala Thr Gly Arg Glu Met Ala Asn Ile Gly Gln Gln Ser Asn Gln 370 375 380 Leu Pro Ser Pro Val Ile Pro Val Pro Thr Asp Asp Ser Thr Tyr Thr 385 390 395 400 Asn Tyr Leu Arg Thr Tyr Thr Tyr Asp Arg Gly Gly Asn Leu Val Gln 405 410 415 Ile Arg His Ser Ser Pro Ala Thr Gln Asn Ser Tyr Thr Thr Asp Ile 420 425 430 Thr Val Ser Ser Arg Ser Asn Arg Ala Val Leu Ser Thr Leu Thr Thr 435 440 445 Asp Pro Thr Arg Val Asp Ala Leu Phe Asp Ser Gly Gly His Gln Lys 450 455 460 Met Leu Ile Pro Gly Gln Asn Leu Asp Trp Asn Ile Arg Gly Glu Leu 465 470 475 480 Gln Arg Val Thr Pro Val Ser Arg Glu Asn Ser Ser Asp Ser Glu Trp 485 490 495 Tyr Arg Tyr Ser Ser Asp Gly Met Arg Leu Leu Lys Val Ser Glu Gln 500 505 510 Gln Thr Gly Asn Ser Thr Gln Val Gln Arg Val Thr Tyr Leu Pro Gly 515 520 525 Leu Glu Leu Arg Thr Thr Gly Val Ala Asp Lys Thr Thr Glu Asp Leu 530 535 540 Gln Val Ile Thr Val Gly Glu Ala Gly Arg Ala Gln Val Arg Val Leu 545 550 555 560 His Trp Glu Ser Gly Lys Pro Thr Asp Ile Asp Asn Asn Gln Val Arg 565 570 575 Tyr Ser Tyr Asp Asn Leu Leu Gly Ser Ser Gln Leu Glu Leu Asp Ser 580 585 590 Glu Gly Gln Ile Leu Ser Gln Glu Glu Tyr Tyr Pro Tyr Gly Gly Thr 595 600 605 Ala Ile Trp Ala Ala Arg Asn Gln Thr Glu Ala Ser Tyr Lys Phe Ile 610 615 620 Arg Tyr Ser Gly Lys Glu Arg Asp Ala Thr Gly Leu Tyr Tyr Tyr Gly 625 630 635 640 Tyr Arg Tyr Tyr Gln Pro Trp Val Gly Arg Trp Leu Ser Ala Asp Pro 645 650 655 Ala Gly Thr Val Asp Gly Leu Asn Leu Tyr Arg Met Val Arg Asn Asn 660 665 670 Pro Ile Thr Leu Thr Asp His Asp Gly Leu Ala Pro Ser Pro Asn Arg 675 680 685 Asn Arg Asn Thr Phe Trp Phe Ala Ser Phe Leu Phe Arg Lys Pro Asp 690 695 700 Glu Gly Met Ser Ala Ser Met Arg Arg Gly Gln Lys Ile Gly Arg Ala 705 710 715 720 Ile Ala Gly Gly Ile Ala Ile Gly Gly Leu Ala Ala Thr Ile Ala Ala 725 730 735 Thr Ala Gly Ala Ala Ile Pro Val Ile Leu Gly Val Ala Ala Val Gly 740 745 750 Ala Gly Ile Gly Ala Leu Met Gly Tyr Asn Val Gly Ser Leu Leu Glu 755 760 765 Lys Gly Gly Ala Leu Leu Ala Arg Leu Val Gln Gly Lys Ser Thr Leu 770 775 780 Val Gln Ser Ala Ala Gly Ala Ala Ala Gly Ala Ser Ser Ala Ala Ala 785 790 795 800 Tyr Gly Ala Arg Ala Gln Gly Val Gly Val Ala Ser Ala Ala Gly Ala 805 810 815 Val Thr Gly Ala Val Gly Ser Trp Ile Asn Asn Ala Asp Arg Gly Ile 820 825 830 Gly Gly Ala Ile Gly Ala Gly Ser Ala Val Gly Thr Ile Asp Thr Met 835 840 845 Leu Gly Thr Ala Ser Thr Leu Thr His Glu Val Gly Ala Ala Ala Gly 850 855 860 Gly Ala Ala Gly Gly Met Ile Thr Gly Thr Gln Gly Ser Thr Arg Ala 865 870 875 880 Gly Ile His Ala Gly Ile Gly Thr Tyr Tyr Gly Ser Trp Ile Gly Phe 885 890 895 Gly Leu Asp Val Ala Ser Asn Pro Ala Gly His Leu Ala Asn Tyr Ala 900 905 910 Val Gly Tyr Ala Ala Gly Leu Gly Ala Glu Met Ala Val Asn Arg Ile 915 920 925 Met Gly Gly Gly Phe Leu Ser Arg Leu Leu Gly Arg Val Val Ser Pro 930 935 940 Tyr Ala Ala Gly Leu Ala Arg Gln Leu Val His Phe Ser Val Ala Arg 945 950 955 960 Pro Val Phe Glu Pro Ile Phe Ser Val Leu Gly Gly Leu Val Gly Gly 965 970 975 Ile Gly Thr Gly Leu His Arg Val Met Gly Arg Glu Ser Trp Ile Ser 980 985 990 Arg Ala Leu Ser Ala Ala Gly Ser Gly Ile Asp His Val Ala Gly Met 995 1000 1005 Ile Gly Asn Gln Ile Arg Gly Arg Val Leu Thr Thr Thr Gly Ile Ala 1010 1015 1020 Asn Ala Ile Asp Tyr Gly Thr Ser Ala Val Gly Ala Ala Arg Arg Val 1025 1030 1035 1040 Phe Ser Leu 5 amino acids amino acid linear protein internal 62 Asn Ile Gly Gly Asp 1 5 20 amino acids amino acid linear protein internal 63 Cys Leu Arg Gly Asn Ser Pro Thr Asn Pro Asp Lys Asp Gly Ile 1 5 10 15 Phe Ala Gln Val Ala 20 20 amino acids amino acid linear protein Internal 64 Cys Tyr Thr Pro Asp Gln Thr Pro Ser Phe Tyr Glu Thr Ala Phe 1 5 10 15 Arg Ser Ala Asp Gly 20 19 amino acids amino acid linear protein Internal 65 His Gly Gln Ser Tyr Asn Asp Asn Asn Tyr Cys Asn Phe Thr Leu 1 5 10 15 Ser Ile Asn Thr 20 amino acids amino acid linear protein internal 66 Cys Val Asp Pro Lys Thr Leu Gln Arg Gln Gln Ala Gly Gly Asp 1 5 10 15 Gly Thr Gly Ser Ser 20 20 amino acids amino acid linear protein internal 67 Cys Tyr Lys Ala Pro Gln Arg Gln Glu Asp Gly Asp Ser Asn Ala 1 5 10 15 Val Thr Tyr Asp Lys 20 20 amino acids amino acid linear protein internal 68 Cys Tyr Asn Glu Asn Pro Ser Ser Glu Asp Lys Lys Trp Tyr Phe 1 5 10 15 Ser Ser Lys Asp Asp 20 20 amino acids amino acid linear protein internal 69 Cys Phe Asp Ser Tyr Ser Gln Leu Tyr Glu Glu Asn Ile Asn Ala 1 5 10 15 Gly Glu Gln Arg Ala 20 22 amino acids amino acid linear protein internal 70 Cys Asn Pro Asn Asn Ser Ser Asn Lys Leu Met Phe Tyr Pro Val 1 5 10 15 Tyr Gln Tyr Ser Gly Asn Thr 20 20 amino acids amino acid linear protein internal 71 Val Ser Gln Gly Ser Gly Ser Ala Gly Ser Gly Asn Asn Asn Leu 1 5 10 15 Ala Phe Gly Ala Gly 20 12 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 72 Met Gln Asp Ser Pro Glu Val Ala Ile Thr Thr Leu 1 5 10 8 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 73 Met Gln Arg Ser Ser Glu Val Ser 1 5 10 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 74 Met Gln Asp Ile Pro Glu Val Gln Leu Asn 1 5 10 12 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 75 Met Gln Asp Ser Pro Glu Val Ser Val Thr Gln Asn 1 5 10 15 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 76 Ser Glu Ser Leu Phe Thr Gln Ser Leu Lys Glu Ala Arg Arg Asp 1 5 10 15 14 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 77 Met Asn Leu Ile Glu Ala Lys Leu Gln Glu Asn Arg Asp Ala 1 5 10 15 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 78 Met Leu Ser Thr Met Glu Lys Gln Leu Asn Glu Ser Gln Arg Asp 1 5 10 15 15 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 79 Met Leu Asp Ile Met Glu Lys Gln Leu Asn Glu Ser Glu Arg Asp 1 5 10 15 8 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 80 Met Gln Asp Ser Arg Glu Val Ser 1 5 12 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 81 Leu Arg Ser Ala Xaa Ser Ala Leu Thr Thr Leu Leu 1 5 10 15 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 82 Leu Lys Leu Ala Asp Asn Gly Tyr Phe Asn Glu Pro Leu Asn Val 1 5 10 15 14 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 83 Leu Lys Leu Ala Asp Asn Ser Tyr Phe Asn Glu Pro Leu Asn 1 5 10 15 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 84 Ser Lys Asp Glu Ser Lys Ala Asp Ser Gln Leu Val Tyr His Thr 1 5 10 15 14 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 85 Met Lys Lys Arg Gly Leu Thr Thr Asn Ala Gly Ala Pro Val 1 5 10 15 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 86 Met Leu Asn Pro Ile Val Arg Lys Phe Glu Tyr Gly Glu His Thr 1 5 10 15 15 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 87 Ala Glu Ile Tyr Asn Lys Asp Gly Asn Lys Leu Asp Leu Tyr Gly 1 5 10 15 14 amino acids amino acid linear protein N-terminal 88 Asn Leu Ile Glu Ala Thr Leu Glu Gln Asn Leu Arg Asp Ala 1 5 10 

We claim:
 1. A composition, comprising an effective amount of a Photorhabdus protein toxin that has functional activity against an insect.
 2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the Photorhabdus toxin is produced by a purified culture of Photorhabdus, a transgenic plant, baculovirus, or heterologous microbial host.
 3. The composition of claim 2, wherein the Photorhabdus toxin produced by a purified culture of Photorhabdus luminescens.
 4. The composition of claim 2, wherein the toxin is produced from a purified culture of Photorhabdus luminescens strain designated ATCC
 55397. 5. The composition of claim 2, wherein the toxin is produced by a purified culture of Photorhabdus luminescens strain designated W-14.
 6. The composition of claim 1, wherein the toxin is produced by a purified culture of Photorhabdus strain designated WX-1, WX-2, WX-3, WX-4, WX-5, WX6, WX-7, WX-8, WX-9, WX-10, WX-11, WX-12, WX-14, WX-15, H9, Hb, Hm, HP88, NC-1, W30, WIR, B2, ATCC#43948, ATCC#43949, ATCC#43950, ATCC#43951, ATCC#43952, DEP1, DEP2, DEP3, P. zealandrica, P. hepialus, HB-Arg, HB Oswego, HB Oswego, HB Lewiston, K-122, HMGD, Indicus, GD, PWH-5, Megidis, HF-85, A. Cows, MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP5, GL98, GL101, GL138, GL55, GL217, or GL257.
 7. The composition of claim 2, wherein the toxin is produced from a purified culture of Photorhabdus luminescens strain designated WX-1, WX-2, WX-3, WX-4, WX-5, WX-6, WX-7, WX-8, WX-9, WX-10, WX-11, WX-12, WX-14, WX-15, H9, Hb, Hm, HP88, NC-1, W30, WIR, B2, ATCC#43948, ATCC#43949, ATCC#43950, ATCC#43951, ATCC#43952, DEP1, DEP2, DEP3, P. zealandrica, P. hepialus, HB-Arg, HB Oswego, HB Oswego, HB Lewiston, K-122, HMGD, Indicus, GD, PWH-5, Megidis, HF-85, A. Cows, MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP5, GL98, GL101, GL138, GL55, GL217, or GL257.
 8. The composition of claim 1, wherein the toxin is represented by amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO:12.
 9. The composition of claim 6, wherein the composition is a mixture of one or more toxins produced from purified cultures of Photorhabdus.
 10. The composition of claim 1 or 6, wherein the insect is of the order Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Dictyoptera, Acarina or Homoptera.
 11. The composition of claim 1 or 6, wherein the insect species is from order Coleoptera and is Southern Corn Rootworm, Western Corn Rootworm, Colorado Potato Beetle, Mealworm, Boll Weevil or Turf Grub.
 12. The composition of claim 1 or 6, wherein the insect species is from order Lepidoptera and is Beet Armyworm, Black Cutworm, Cabbage Looper, Codling Moth, Corn Earworm, European Corn Borer, Tobacco Hornworm, or Tobacco Budworm.
 13. The composition of claim 1 or 6, wherein the toxin is formulated as a sprayable insecticide.
 14. The composition of claim 1 or claim 6, wherein the toxin is formulated as a bait matrix and delivered in an above ground or below ground bait station.
 15. A method of controlling an insect, comprising orally delivering to an insect an effective amount of a protein toxin that has functional activity against an insect, wherein the protein is produced by a purified bacterial culture of the genus Photorhabdus.
 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the bacterium is a purified culture of Photorhabdus luminescens.
 17. The method of claim 15, wherein the toxin is produced from a purified culture of Photorhabdus luminescens strain designated ATCC
 55397. 18. The method of claim 16, wherein the toxin is produced from a purified culture of Photorhabdus luminescens strain designated W-14.
 19. The method of claim 15, wherein the toxin is produced from a purified culture of Photorhabdus strains designated WX-1, WX-2, WX-3, WX-4, WX-5, WX-6, WX-7, WX-8, WX-9, WX-10, WX-11, WX-12, WX-14, WX-15, H9, Hb, Hm, HP88, NC-1, W30, WIR, B2, ATCC#43948, ATCC#43949, ATCC#43950, ATCC#43951, ATCC#43952, DEP1, DEP2, DEP3, P. zealandrica, P. hepialus, HB-Arg, HB Oswego, HB Oswego, HB Lewiston, K-122, HMGD, Indicus, GD, PWH-5, Megidis, HF-85, A. Cows, MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP5, GL98, GL101, GL138, GL155, GL217, or GL257.
 20. The method of claim 15, wherein the toxin is produced from a purified culture of Photorhabdus luminescens strains designated WX-1, WX-2, WX-3, WX-4, WX-5, WX-6, WX-7, WX-8, WX-9, WX-10, WX-11, WX-12, WX-14, WX-15, H9, Hb, Hm, HP88, NC-1, W30, WIR, B2, ATCC#43948, ATCC#43949, ATCC#43950, ATCC#43951, ATCC#43952, DEP1, DEP2, DEP3, P. zealandrica, P. hepialus, HB-Arg, HB Oswego, HB Oswego, HB Lewiston, K-122, HMGD, Indicus, GD, PWH-5, Megidis, HF-85, A. Cows, MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP5, GL98, GL101, GL138, GL155, GL217, or GL257.
 21. The method of claim 19, wherein a mixture of one or more toxins is produced from a purified culture of Photorhabdus and said toxins are orally delivered to an insect.
 22. The method of claim 15, wherein the toxin is produced by a prokaryotic host transformed with a gene encoding the toxin.
 23. The method of claim 15, wherein the toxin is produced by a eukaryotic host transformed with a gene encoding the toxin.
 24. The method of claim 23, wherein the eukaryotic host is baculovirus.
 25. The method of claim 15 or 19, wherein the insect is of the order Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Dictyoptera, Acarina or Homoptera.
 26. The method of claim 15 or 19, wherein the insect species is from order Coleoptera and is Southern Corn Rootworm, Western Corn Rootworm, Colorado Potato Beetle, Mealworm, Boll Weevil or Turf Grub.
 27. The method of claim 15 or 19, wherein the insect species is from order Lepidoptera and is Beet Armyworm, Black Cutworm, Cabbage Looper, Codling Moth, Corn Earworm, European Corn Borer, Tobacco Hornworm, or Tobacco Budworm.
 28. The method of claim 15 or 19, wherein the toxin is formulated as a sprayable insecticide.
 29. The method of claim 15 or claim 19, wherein the toxin is formulated as a bait matrix and delivered in an above ground or below ground bait station.
 30. A method of isolating a gene coding for a protein subunit, comprising the steps of: constructing at least one RNA or DNA oligonucleotide molecule that corresponds to at least a part of a DNA coding region of an amino acid sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:43, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO:78, SEQ ID NO:79, SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:81, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:84, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:86, SEQ ID NO:87, and SEQ ID NO:88, wherein the nucleotide molecule is used to isolate genetic material from Photorhabdus or Photorhabdus luminescens.
 31. A method for expressing a protein produced by a purified bacterial culture of the genus Photorhabdus in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host in an effective amount so that the protein has functional activity against an insect, wherein the method comprises: constructing a chimeric DNA construct having 5′ to 3′ a promoter, a DNA sequence encoding a protein, a transcription terminator, and then transferring the chimeric DNA construct into the host.
 32. The method of claim 31, wherein the protein has functional activity against insects selected from a group consisting of Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Dictyoptera, and Acarina.
 33. The method of claim 31, wherein the protein encoded by the DNA sequence has an N-terminal amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:43, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO:78, SEQ ID NO:79, SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:81, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:84, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:86, SEQ ID NO:87, and SEQ ID NO:88.
 34. The method of claim 31, wherein the protein encoded by the DNA sequence includes the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:32, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:47, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, and SEQ ID NO:61.
 35. A chimeric DNA construct, adapted for expression in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host comprising, 5′ to 3′ a transcriptional promoter active in the host; a DNA sequence encoding a Photorhabdus protein that has functional activity against an insect; and a transcriptional terminator.
 36. A chimeric DNA construct of claim 35, wherein the protein encoded by the DNA sequence has an N-terminal amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:43, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO:78, SEQ ID NO:79, SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:81, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:84, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:86, SEQ ID NO:87, and SEQ ID NO:88.
 37. The chimeric DNA construct of claim 35, wherein the protein encoded by the DNA sequence has an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:32, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:47, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, and SEQ ID NO:61.
 38. The chimeric DNA construct of claim 35, wherein the DNA sequence encoding the Photorhabdus luminescens protein is selected from the group comprising SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:27, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:52, SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO: 58, and SEQ ID NO:60.
 39. The chimeric DNA construct of claim 35, wherein the host is baculovirus or a plant cell.
 40. An isolated and substantially purified preparation comprising, a DNA molecule capable of encoding an effective amount of a protein that is produced by a bacterium of the genus Photorhabdus and that has functional activity against an insect.
 41. The preparation of claim 40, wherein the bacterium is Photorhabdus luminescens.
 42. A purified preparation comprising, a protein produced by Photorhabdus or Photorhabdus luminescens having an N-terminal amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:43, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO:78, SEQ ID NO:79, SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:81, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:84, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:86, SEQ ID NO:87, and SEQ ID NO:88.
 43. A purified protein preparation comprising, a protein that has an N-terminal amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, and SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:43, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO:78, SEQ ID NO:79, SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:81, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:84, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:86, SEQ ID NO:87, and SEQ ID NO:88.
 44. A purified protein preparation comprising, a protein selected from the group of SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:32, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:47, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, and SEQ ID NO:61.
 45. A purified DNA preparation comprising, a DNA sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:27, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:52, SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:58 and SEQ ID NO:60, wherein the DNA sequence is isolated from its native host.
 46. A purified protein preparation comprising, a Photorhabdus luminescens protein with at least one subunit having an approximate molecular weight between 18 kDa to about 230 kDa; between about 160 kDa to about 230 kDa; 100 kDa to 160 kDa; about 80 kDa to about 100 kDa; or about 50 kDa to about 80 kDa.
 47. A purified protein preparation comprising, a Photorhabdus luminescens protein with at least one subunit having an approximate molecular weight of about 280 kDa.
 48. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, ATCC
 55397. 49. The culture of claim 48, wherein the culture is a derivative of ATCC 55397 that produces a protein toxin that has functional activity against an insect.
 50. A transgenic plant comprising in its genome, a chimeric artificial gene construction imbuing the plant with an ability to express an effective amount of a Photorhabdus protein that has functional activity against an insect.
 51. The transgenic plant of claim 50, wherein the plant is transformed using acceleration of genetic material coated onto microparticles directly into cells, Agrobacteria, whiskers, or electroporation techniques
 52. The transgenic plant of claim 50, wherein the selectable marker is selected from the group consisting of kanamycin, neomycin, glyphosate, hygromycin, methotrexate, phosphinothricin (bialophos), chlorosulfuron, bromoxynil, dalapon and the like.
 53. The transgenic plant of claim 50, wherein the promoter is selected from the group consisting of octopine synthase, nopaline synthase, mannopine synthase, 35S, 19S, 35T, ribulose-1,6-bisphosphate (RUBP) carboxylase small subunit (ssu), beta-conglycinin, phaseolin, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), heat-shock, ubiquitin, zein, oleosin, napin, or acyl carier protein (ACP).
 54. The transgenic plant of claim 50, wherein embryogenic tissue, callus tissue type I or II, hypocotyl, meristem, or plant tissue during dedifferentiation is used in preparing the transgenic plant.
 55. The transgenic plant of claim 50, wherein the chimeric gene is a DNA sequence which encodes a Photorhabdus protein that has functional activity against an insect and at least one codon of the gene has been modified so that the codon is a plant preferred codon.
 56. A method of controlling an insect comprising orally delivering to an insect an effective amount of a protein toxin, wherein the protein is produced by a transgenic plant, which said insect feeds.
 57. A composition of matter, comprising a purified DNA sequence from a purified bacterial culture from the genus Photorhabdus.
 58. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, H9.
 59. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, Hb.
 60. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, Hm.
 61. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, HP88.
 62. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, NC-1.
 63. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, W30.
 64. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, WIR.
 65. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, B2.
 66. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, P. zealandrica.
 67. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, P. hepialus.
 68. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, HB-Arg.
 69. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, HB Oswego.
 70. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, HB Lewiston.
 71. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, K-122.
 72. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, HMGD.
 73. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, Indicus.
 74. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, GD.
 75. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, PWH-5.
 76. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, Megidis.
 77. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, HF-85.
 78. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, A. Cows.
 79. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, MP1.
 80. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, MP2.
 81. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, MP3.
 82. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, MP4.
 83. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, MP5.
 84. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, GL98.
 85. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, GL155.
 86. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, GL101.
 87. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, GL138.
 88. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, GL217.
 89. A substantially pure microorganism culture comprising, GL257.
 90. A method of making an antibody against a protein fragment that is part of a protein having functional activity, where the protein is produced by bacteria of the Enterobacteracaea family, wherein the method comprises: a) isolating a fragment of the protein, where the protein fragment is at least six amino acids; b) immunizing a mammalian species with the protein fragment; and c) harvesting serum containing antibody or antibody from the spleen of the mammalian species, where the antibody harvested is antibody to the protein fragment having functional activity.
 91. The method of claim 1, wherein the protein fragment is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:70, and SEQ ID NO:71.
 92. The method of claim 90, wherein the bacteria is from the genus Photorhabdus.
 93. The method of claim 90, wherein the bacteria is from the genus Photorhabdus luminescens.
 94. A method of selecting a DNA fragment which encodes a portion of a protein that has functional activity, where the protein is produced from a bacteria of the Enterobacteracaea family, wherein the method comprises: a) isolating a fragment of the DNA sequence having at least 30 nucleotides; b) tagging the DNA fragment with a radioactive or chemical agent; c) hybridizing the DNA fragment to a DNA library, where the DNA library is an Enterobacteracaea cDNA or Enterobacteracaea genomic library; and. d) selecting the fragment that is hybridized to the DNA in the library that encodes for the protein that has functional activity.
 95. The method of claim 94, wherein the bacteria is from the genus Photorhabdus.
 96. The method of claim 95, wherein the bacteria is from the genus Photorhabdus luminescens.
 97. A method of selecting a DNA fragment which encodes a portion of a protein that has functional activity, where the protein is produced from a bacteria of the Enterobacteracaea family, wherein the method comprises: a) isolating at least two primers, where a primer is a fragment of DNA having at least twelve nucleotides; b) using the primers from step a), amplifying a DNA fragment from Enterobacteracaea by using primers with polymerase chain reaction technology and purifying the DNA fragment; c) tagging the purified DNA fragment with a radioactive or chemical agent; d) hybridizing the purified DNA fragment to a DNA library, where the DNA library is an Enterobacteracaea cDNA or Enterobacteracaea genomic library;.and e) selecting a DNA fragment that is equal or larger in size to the purified DNA fragment from the library, where the selected DNA fragment or portion thereof encodes for a protein that has functional activity.
 98. The method of claim 97, wherein the bacteria is from the genus Photorhabdus.
 99. The method of claim 98, wherein the bacteria is from the genus Photorhabdus luminescens. 